Matthew 15:24 - Revised Version 1885

²⁴ But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Jesus replied, “I’ve been sent only to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And responding, he said, "I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from 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 will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: and the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in judgement.

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 9:36

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd.

Acts 13:46

And Paul and Barnabas spake out boldly, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you. Seeing ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Romans 15:8

For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given unto the fathers,