Matthew 15:24 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Common English Bible

Jesus replied, “I’ve been sent only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And responding, he said, "I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24 Cross References

Isaiah 53:6

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek that which was lost, and bring again 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 with judgment.

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 15:23

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Matthew 18:11

For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

Matthew 9:36

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:8

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: