THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - Chapter 15 - Verse 24

Verse 24. But he answered—-I am not sent, etc. This answer was made to the woman, not to the disciples. The lost sheep of the house of Israel were the Jews. He came first to them. He came as their expected Messiah. He came to preach the gospel himself to the Jews only. Afterwards it was preached to the Gentiles; but the ministry of Jesus was confined almost entirely to the Jews.

{q} "I am not sent" Mt 10:5,6; Ac 3:26