He replied, "It was only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel that I was sent."
Christ, I mean, became a servant to the circumcised in order to prove God's honesty by fulfilling His promises to the fathers,
So Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly. "The word of God," they said, "had to be spoken to you in the first instance; but as you push it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, well, here we turn to the Gentiles!
As he saw the crowds he was moved with pity for them; they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
But he made no answer to her. Then his disciples came up and pressed him, saying, "Send her away, she is wailing behind us."
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