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Matthew 15:24 Cross-References
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“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 15:24 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 15:24
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel (οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ, ouk apestalēn ei mē eis ta probata ta apolōlota oikou Israēl)—Jesus defined the primary scope of his earthly ministry. The word apestalēn (I have been sent) indicates divine commission, specific and intentional. 'Lost sheep' (ἀπολωλότα, apolōlota) means destroyed, perished—Israel was spiritually lost despite religious privilege.This statement wasn't ethnic exclusion but temporal priority in God's redemptive plan: 'to the Jew first, and also to the Greek' (Romans 1:16). Je...
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Cross-References for Matthew 15:24
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“and charged them”
“that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers”
“and said”
“My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray”
“because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field”
“and of the covenant which God made with our fathers”
“and will bring back that which was driven away”
“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.”
“and he shall feed them”