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Read Full Chapter (Matthew 15) Matthew 15:24 KJV
"But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
Matthew Chapter 15, Verse 24
Matthew 15:24 in Context (Verses 21–27 KJV)
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¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
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But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.