Matthew 15:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He answered, “I was sent only to 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 has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the crippled, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will watch over; I will feed them in justice.

Ezekiel 34:23

And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.

Matthew 15:23

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”

Matthew 18:11

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Acts 13:46

And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:8

For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,