diff --git a/mat/15/24.md b/mat/15/24.md index c0b7c43012..253d1b857f 100644 --- a/mat/15/24.md +++ b/mat/15/24.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ # I was not sent to anyone except to the lost sheep ... Israel -Alternate translation: "I was sent only to the lost sheep ... Israel" -# I was not sent to anyone +"I was sent only to the lost sheep ... Israel" -This is a metaphor comparing the entire nation of Israel to sheep who have gone away from their shepherd. +# the lost sheep of the house of Israel + +This refers to the people of Israel. They were like sheep who had strayed from their shepherd. Alternate translation: “the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep.” See how you translated this in [Matthew 10:6](../10/06.md).