Matthew 15:24
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 15
“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Matthew 15:24
What Does Matthew 15:24 Mean?
Matthew 15:24 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 15, verse 24 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Mission.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Matthew 15:24 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Luke 19:10“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”Matthew 10:5“These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:”John 1:11“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.”Romans 15:8“Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:”Jeremiah 50:6“My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.”Acts 13:46“Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.”Ezekiel 34:5“And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.”Acts 3:25“Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.”Matthew 9:36“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”Psalms 119:176“I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.”Matthew 10:6“But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”Ezekiel 34:16“I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.”Luke 17:18“There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”Judges 6:37“Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.”Isaiah 53:6“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”Ezekiel 34:23“And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.”Luke 15:4“What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?”Ezekiel 3:4“And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.”Numbers 27:17“Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.”Deuteronomy 22:1“Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.”
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