He answered: I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Jesus' first verbal response to the woman addresses the disciples rather than directly answering her: his mission is to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. The limitation is real — the Galilean ministry is the primary focus of the earthly mission — but the story is far from over. The boundary statement is not the final word; it is the context within which the woman's extraordinary faith will be displayed.

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