- Bible
- Matthew
- Chapter 15
- Verse 24
But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
But he answered, and said,.... To his disciples, who knew how limited their commission was, that they were not to go into the way of the Gentiles, not to preach to them, nor perform miracles among…
This narrative is also found in Mar 7:24-30. The coasts of Tyre and Sidon - These cities were on the seacoast or shore of the Mediterranean. See the notes at Mat 11:21. Jesus went there for the…
We have here that famous story of Christ's casting the devil out of the woman of Canaan's daughter; it has something in it singular and very surprising, and which looks favourably upon the poor…
Cambridge Bible
I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel Jesus came to save all, but His personal ministry was confined, with few exceptions, to the Jews.
The thought of Israel as a flock of…
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