Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
But He answered and said,
King James Version
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Holman Bible
He replied,
International Standard Version
But he replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel."
American Standard Version
But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Amplified
He answered,
An Understandable Version
He answered them, "I was sent only to the straying sheep of the Israelites."
Anderson New Testament
But he answered and said: I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.
Common New Testament
He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Daniel Mace New Testament
but he answered, my commission was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Darby Translation
But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
Godbey New Testament
And He responding said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Goodspeed New Testament
But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."
John Wesley New Testament
But he answering said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And he, having answered, said, I was not sent except to the sheep having been lost, of the house of Israel.
King James 2000
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Modern King James verseion
But He answered and said, I am not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He answered, and said, "I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Moffatt New Testament
He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent."
Montgomery New Testament
In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
NET Bible
So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
New Heart English Bible
But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Noyes New Testament
But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Sawyer New Testament
But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
But, he, answering, said, I was not sent forth, save unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But he said in reply, I am not sent, save only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"I was not sent," replied Jesus, "to any one except the lost sheep of Israel."
Webster
But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Weymouth New Testament
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
Williams New Testament
But He answered, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."
World English Bible
But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Worrell New Testament
But He, answering, said, "I was not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Worsley New Testament
But he answered and said, I am sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'
Themes
Demons » The daughter of the syrophoenician woman
Faith » Instances of faith in Christ » The syrophoenician woman
Faith » Trial of » The syrophoenician woman
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » The daughter of the syro-phoenician woman healed
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals the daughter of the syro-phoenician woman (near tyre and sidon)
Jews, the » Christ was sent to
the Miracles of Christ » Devils cast out
Prayer » Importunity in » The non-jewish, syro-phoenician woman
God's Sheep » God's people are his sheep
Lost sheep » Sinners regarded as lost sheep
Syro-phoenician » The nationality of a non-jewish woman whose daughter was cured by jesus
Tyre » City of » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syrophenician woman near
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 15:24
Images Matthew 15:24
Prayers for Matthew 15:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Canaanite Woman's Great Faith
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us. 24 But having answered, he said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 But having come, she worshiped him, saying, Lord, help me.
Cross References
Romans 15:8
And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),
Matthew 10:5-6
These twelve Jesus sent forth, having ordered them, saying, Go not into a way of the Gentiles, and enter not into a city of the Samaritans,
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way, and LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 50:6-7
My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting-place.
Ezekiel 34:5-6
And they were scattered because there was no shepherd. And they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will feed them in justic
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Matthew 9:36
But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.
Luke 15:4-6
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it?
Acts 3:25-26
Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.
Acts 13:46
But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.