Luke 10:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

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  • Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;
  • Ezek 2:3-6 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel, to an uncontrolled nation which has gone against me: they and their fathers have been sinners against me even to this very day. 4 And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord. 5 And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them. 6 And you, son of man, have no fear of them or of their words, even if sharp thorns are round you and you are living among scorpions: have no fear of their words and do not be overcome by their looks, for they are an uncontrolled people.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Keep in mind the words I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they were cruel to me, they will be cruel to you; if they kept my words, they will keep yours.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
  • Ps 22:12-16 : 12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan. 13 I saw their mouths wide open, like lions crying after food. 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body. 15 My throat is dry like a broken vessel; my tongue is fixed to the roof of my mouth, and the dust of death is on my lips. 16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
  • Ps 22:21 : 21 Be my saviour from the lion's mouth; let me go free from the horns of the cruel oxen.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
  • John 10:12 : 12 He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 10:14-17
    4 verses
    87%

    14And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.

    15Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

    16See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

    17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

  • Luke 10:4
    77%

    4Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

  • Matt 10:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,

    6But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

    7And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

    8Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

    9Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;

    10Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

    11And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

  • Luke 10:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.

    2And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

  • Matt 7:15
    73%

    15Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • Luke 10:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8And into whatever town you go, if they take you in, take whatever food is given to you:

    9And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

    10But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,

  • Luke 9:2-6
    5 verses
    72%

    2And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.

    3And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

    4And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away.

    5And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them.

    6And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

  • Acts 20:29
    71%

    29I am conscious that after I am gone, evil wolves will come in among you, doing damage to the flock;

  • Mark 6:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets;

    9They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats.

    10And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away.

  • John 10:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

    12He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

  • Matt 9:36-38
    3 verses
    70%

    36But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

    37Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

    38Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

  • Luke 22:35
    70%

    35And he said to them, When I sent you out without money or bag or shoes, were you in need of anything? And they said, Nothing.

  • John 17:18
    69%

    18Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

  • Luke 17:23
    69%

    23And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

  • Matt 7:6
    69%

    6Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • John 20:21
    69%

    21And Jesus said to them again, May peace be with you! As the Father sent me, even so I now send you.

  • Luke 9:57
    69%

    57And when they were on the way, a certain man said to him, I will come after you wherever you go.

  • John 10:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.

    4When he has got them all out, he goes before them, and the sheep go after him, for they have knowledge of his voice.

  • Matt 10:23
    69%

    23But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • Luke 15:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3And he made a story for them, saying,

    4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

  • Matt 28:10
    68%

    10Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

  • Mark 16:15
    68%

    15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

  • Matt 18:12
    68%

    12What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

  • Mark 6:36
    68%

    36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

  • Mark 1:38
    68%

    38And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

  • John 4:38
    68%

    38I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

  • Luke 13:32
    68%

    32And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.