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esus gave his apostles this command, "These twelve Jesus sent forth, giving them these orders: "Do not go off into the road of the nations, and do not enter into a Sa·mar´i·tan city; but, instead, go continually to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. (Matthew 10:5-6) He even applied it to himself, "I was not sent forth to any but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel". (Matthew 15:24) At Pentecost, Peter's rousing speech to the Jewish crowd confirmed what Jesus had said, "To YOU first God, after raising up his Servant, sent him forth to bless YOU by turning each one away from YOUR wicked deeds." (Acts 3:26) Not many weeks before his death, Jesus said, "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd. (John 10:16) Jesus was not making a comparison with his 'little flock', because he was addressing the Pharisees at the time, and was referring to the Jewish nation when he spoke about 'this fold'. So who were these "other sheep" about whom Jesus spoke? The apostle Paul reveals the answer, "For I am not ashamed of the good news; it is, in fact, God’s power for salvation to everyone having faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek". (Romans 1:16) The "othersheep" were none other than non- Jews, or Gentiles. This would bring about the fulfillment of Jehovah's promise to Abraham that all the nations of the earth would bless themselves because of his faithfulness.