Matthew 15:24

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

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

Matthew 15:24 — American Standard Version

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Context — Matthew 15

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

21And Jesus went out thence, and withdrew into the parts of Tyre and Sidon.

22And behold, a Canaanitish woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a demon.

23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

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

25But she came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26And he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children`s bread and cast it to the dogs.

27But she said, Yea, Lord: for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters` table.

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