Matthew 15:24
So he answered,“I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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Referenced Verses
- Matt 10:5-6 : 5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town. 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Rom 15:8 : 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
- Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham,‘And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.’ 26 God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities.”
- Acts 13:46 : 46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
- Luke 15:4-6 : 4 “Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
- Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
- Jer 50:6-7 : 6 “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allowed them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place. 7 All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said,‘We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture. They have sinned against the LORD in whom their ancestors trusted.’
- Ezek 34:5-6 : 5 They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. 6 My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.
- Ezek 34:16 : 16 I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them– with judgment!
- Ezek 34:23 : 23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.
- Matt 9:36 : 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
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- Matt 10:5-62 verses84%
5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows:“Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.
6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matt 15:22-232 verses80%
22 A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out,“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!”
23 But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him,“Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us.”
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25 But she came and bowed down before him and said,“Lord, help me!”
26 “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs,” he said.
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied,“but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
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5 For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel–
6 not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!
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3 So Jesus told them this parable:
4 “Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?
5 Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them,‘Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.’
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27 He said to her,“Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
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43 But Jesus said to them,“I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do.”
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12 What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?
13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
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32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
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10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.
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12 When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.
13 Go and learn what this saying means:‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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23 Someone asked him,“Lord, will only a few be saved?” So he said to them,
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38 He replied,“Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”
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24 For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!’”
25 Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,
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24 And he added,“I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
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16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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26 Jesus sent him home, saying,“Do not even go into the village.”
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10 When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him,“I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!
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12 But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’
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29 Healing Many Others When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down.
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56 and they went on to another village.
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17 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
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48 To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
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13 And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
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3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
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16 Jesus said,“Even after all this, are you still so foolish?
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15 But the Lord said to him,“Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.
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19 But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”