[Elsie]

Yup. That's what Jesus said. Later on...much later on, the Gentiles were added to the New Testament. There's support for it in the Old Testament, but not in the Gospels.

NIV Matthew 10:18
On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

This doesn't count; in your opinion?

[MineralMan]

Kinda conflicts with the other parts of that chapter. The thing is, Elsie, is that I don't particularly trust the Gospels to be all that accurate. I know that you do, and that's great.

I have my own opinions about the establishment of the Canon, and they include some creative redacting to make the New Testament more appealing to non-Christians. They're my opinions, only, although some other scholars might well agree.

There is a conflict in that very chapter, you see. It's a knotty problem.