Matthew 15:24

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and he answering said, `I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

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  • Matt 10:5-6 : 5 These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in, 6 and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 And I say Jesus Christ to have become a ministrant of circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises to the fathers,
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 `Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth; 26 to you first, God, having raised up His child Jesus, did send him, blessing you, in the turning away of each one from your evil ways.'
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;
  • Luke 15:4-6 : 4 `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
  • Jer 50:6-7 : 6 A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, `To' the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place. 7 All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers -- Jehovah.
  • Ezek 34:5-6 : 5 And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered. 6 Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.
  • Ezek 34:16 : 16 The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them -- my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,
  • Matt 9:36 : 36 And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

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  • Matt 10:5-6
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    84%

    5These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

    6and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

  • Matt 15:22-23
    2 verses
    80%

    22and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, `Deal kindly with me, Sir -- Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.'

    23And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- `Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

  • Matt 15:25-27
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    25And having come, she was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, help me;'

    26and he answering said, `It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast to the little dogs.'

    27And she said, `Yes, sir, for even the little dogs do eat of the crumbs that are falling from their lords' table;'

  • Ezek 3:5-6
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    5For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue `art' thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;

    6not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,

  • Matt 18:11-14
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    11for the Son of Man did come to save the lost.

    12`What think ye? if a man may have an hundred sheep, and there may go astray one of them, doth he not -- having left the ninety-nine, having gone on the mountains -- seek that which is gone astray?

    13and if it may come to pass that he doth find it, verily I say to you, that he doth rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that have not gone astray;

    14so it is not will in presence of your Father who is in the heavens, that one of these little ones may perish.

  • Luke 15:3-6
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    3And he spake unto them this simile, saying,

    4`What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

    5and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing,

    6and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

  • Mark 7:27
    71%

    27And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast `it' to the little dogs.'

  • Luke 4:43
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    43and he said unto them -- `Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

  • Luke 5:32
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    32I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

  • Luke 19:10
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    10for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

  • John 10:26
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    26but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

  • Matt 9:12-13
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    12And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

    13but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

  • Luke 13:23
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    23and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,

  • Matt 16:15
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    15He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

  • Mark 1:38
    68%

    38and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

  • Luke 14:24-25
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    24for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'

    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

  • Luke 4:24
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    24and he said, `Verily I say to you -- No prophet is accepted in his own country;

  • Mark 7:24
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    24And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

  • John 10:16
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    16and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

  • Matt 9:36
    67%

    36And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

  • Mark 8:26
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    26and he sent him away to his house, saying, `Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell `it' to any in the village.'

  • Matt 8:10
    67%

    10And Jesus having heard, did wonder, and said to those following, `Verily I say to you, not even in Israel so great faith have I found;

  • Matt 25:12
    67%

    12and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

  • Mark 2:17
    67%

    17And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

  • Luke 7:6
    67%

    6And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

  • Matt 15:29
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    29And Jesus having passed thence, came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and having gone up to the mountain, he was sitting there,

  • John 13:16
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    16verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

  • Luke 9:56
    66%

    56for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.

  • John 4:26
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    26Jesus saith to her, `I am `he', who am speaking to thee.'

  • Matt 12:17
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    17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Luke 7:9
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    9And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, `I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

  • Matt 12:48
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    48And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

  • Matt 15:13
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    13And he answering said, `Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up;

  • Luke 10:3
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    3`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

  • Matt 15:16
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    16And Jesus said, `Are ye also yet without understanding?

  • Acts 9:15
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    15And the Lord said unto him, `Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings -- the sons also of Israel;

  • Mark 5:19
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    19and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own `friends', and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;