Matthew 15:24
24But he replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the nation ▼▼Lit. house
of Israel.”Matt 10:5-6; Acts 8:25-26; 13:46; Rom 15:8 John 1:11
11He came to his own creation, ▼▼Or possessions
yet his own people did not receive him.Luke 19:14; Acts 3:26; 13:46 Acts 3:25-26
25You are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs ▼▼The Gk. lacks the heirs
of the covenant that God made with your ▼▼Other mss. read our
ancestors when he said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendant all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ ▼▼Gen 22:18; 26:4
Gen 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; Acts 2:39; Rom 9:4, 8; 15:8; Gal 3:8, 26 26When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning every one of you from your evil ways.”Matt 1:21; 10:5; 15:24; Luke 24:47; Acts 13:22, 32-33, 46 Acts 13:46
46Then Paul and Barnabas boldly declared, “We had to speak God's word to you first, but since you reject it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we are now going to turn to the Gentiles.Exod 32:10; Deut 32:21; Isa 55:5; Matt 10:6; 21:43; Acts 3:26; 18:6; 28:28; Rom 1:16; 10:19Romans 3:3
3What if some of them were unfaithful? Their unfaithfulness cannot cancel God's faithfulness, can it?Num 23:19; Rom 9:6; 10:16; 11:29; 2Tim 2:13; Heb 4:22 Corinthians 1:20
20For all God's promises are “Yes” in him. And so through him we can say “Amen,” ▼▼Lit. through him is the “Amen”
to the glory of God.Rom 15:8-9
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