Matthew 15:24 Cross References - Lamsa

²⁴ And he answered and said to them, I am not sent, except to the sheep which went astray from the house of Israel.

³⁶ When Jesus saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were tired out and scattered, like sheep which have no shepherd.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out, and charged them and said, Keep away from pagan practices, and do not enter a Samaritan city; ⁶ But above all, go to the sheep which are lost from the house of Israel.

⁴ What man among you has one hundred sheep, and if one of them should get lost, would he not leave the ninety and nine in the open, and go in search of the one which is lost, until he finds it? ⁵ And when he finds it he rejoices, and he takes it on his shoulders. ⁶ And he comes to his house, and invites his friends and neighbors, and says to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

²⁵ You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, By your seed shall all the kindred of the earth be blessed. ²⁶ Now it was for you first, God appointed and sent his Son to bless you if you turn and repent from your evils.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and BarÆna-bas said to them boldly, It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you: but because you reject it, you have decided against yourselves and you are unworthy of everlasting life, so behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁸ Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision, for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: