King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 15:24
“But he answered and said, ‹I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 15
22
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.
23
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.›
25
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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