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


In Context

21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon- possession."

23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us."

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

25 The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said.

26 He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."

Matthew 15:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:24And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered, |I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:24and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.