But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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Interpretation
The dark corners of the country, the most remote, shall share Christ's influences; afterwards the ends of the earth shall see his salvation. The distress and trouble of her family brought a woman to Christ; and though it is need that drives us to Christ, yet we shall not therefore be driven from him.
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This thought runs through Matthew 15:21-25.