Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” New Living Translation Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.” English Standard Version He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Berean Standard Bible He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Berean Literal Bible And answering He said, "I was sent only to those being lost sheep of the house of Israel." King James Bible But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. New King James Version But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” New American Standard Bible But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” NASB 1995 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” NASB 1977 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Legacy Standard Bible But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Amplified Bible He answered, “I was commissioned by God and sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Christian Standard Bible He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Holman Christian Standard Bible He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” American Standard Version But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But he answered and said to them, “I am not sent except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel.” Contemporary English Version Jesus said, "I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep." Douay-Rheims Bible And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel. English Revised Version But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jesus responded, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel." Good News Translation Then Jesus replied, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel." International Standard Version But he replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel." Literal Standard Version and He answering said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Majority Standard Bible He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” New American Bible He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” NET Bible So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." New Revised Standard Version He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” New Heart English Bible But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Webster's Bible Translation But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Weymouth New Testament "I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied. World English Bible But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Young's Literal Translation and he answering said, 'I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Faith of the Canaanite Woman…23But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came 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 the house of Israel.” 25The woman came and knelt before Him. “Lord, help me!” she said.… Cross References Matthew 10:6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. Matthew 15:23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us." Acts 3:26 When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways." Romans 15:8 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 patriarchs, Treasury of Scripture But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. I am not. Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Matthew 10:5,6 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: … Isaiah 53:6 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. Jump to Previous Except House Israel Israel's Lost Save Sheep Wandering Wasn'tJump to Next Except House Israel Israel's Lost Save Sheep Wandering Wasn'tMatthew 15 1. Jesus reproves the Scribes and Pharisees 7. for transgressing God's commandments through their own traditions; 10. teaches how that which goes into the mouth does not defile a man. 21. He heals the daughter of the woman of Canaan, 29. and other great multitudes; 32. and with seven loaves and a few small fish feeds four thousand men (24) I am not sent (better, I was not sent) but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.--This, then, was what had restrained Him. Those wandering sheep, without a shepherd, were the appointed objects of His care. Were He to go beyond that limit in a single case, it might be followed by a thousand, and then, becoming, as it were, before the time, the Apostle of the Gentiles, He would cease to draw to Himself the hearts of Israel as their Redeemer. We call to mind the case of the centurion's servant (Matthew 8:10), and wonder that that was not decisive as a precedent in the supplicant's favour. The two cases stood, however, on a very different footing. The centurion who had built a synagogue was practically, if not formally, a proselyte of the gate. As the elders of the synagogue pleaded for him as worthy, the work of healing wrought for him would not alienate them or their followers. The woman belonged, on the contrary, to the most scorned and hated of all heathen races, to the Canaan on which the primeval curse was held to rest (Genesis 9:25), and had as yet done nothing to show that she was in any sense a convert to the faith of Israel.Verse 24. - I am (was) not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Doubtless the woman had listened to the apostles' intercession, and thought her cause won; but the repulse is only repeated; this Gentile is beyond the sphere of his mission; he cannot help her without departing from the rule which he had set himself. Jesus says nothing here about the rejection of the Jews and the future ingathering of the Gentiles; he states merely that his personal mission while he was on earth was confined to the Hebrew nation. He was, as St. Paul calls him (Romans 15:8), "a Minister of the circumcision." Later, he would send others to evangelize those who were now aliens from the chosen commonwealth; at present he has come unto his own possessions. Lost sheep. There is a tenderness in this expression natural from the mouth of the good Shepherd. He had used it when he sent forth the twelve on their apostolical journey (Matthew 10:6); the metaphor is found in the Old Testament (see Jeremiah 50:6, etc.) It is appropriate here, where he is emphasizing his attitude towards the chosen people, and teaching the Canaanitish woman the relative position of Jew and Gentile. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek He answered,ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “I was sent ἀπεστάλην (apestalēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. only εἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. to εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. the τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. lost ἀπολωλότα (apolōlota) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. sheep πρόβατα (probata) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep. of [the] house οἴκου (oikou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3624: A dwelling; by implication, a family. of Israel.” Ἰσραήλ (Israēl) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2474: Of Hebrew origin; Israel, the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants. 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