Luke 10:3

World English Bible (2000)

Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

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  • Matt 10:16 : 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
  • Ezek 2:3-6 : 3 He said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a nation of rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their fathers have transgressed against me even to this very day. 4 The children are impudent and stiff-hearted: I am sending you to them; and you shall tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh. 5 They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them. 6 You, son of man, don't be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: don't be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
  • Acts 9:2 : 2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing until the next day.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
  • Ps 22:12-16 : 12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. 13 They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring. 14 I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.
  • Ps 22:21 : 21 Save me from the lion's mouth! Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
  • John 10:12 : 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 10:14-17
    4 verses
    87%

    14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

    15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

    16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

    17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

  • Luke 10:4
    77%

    4 Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

  • Matt 10:5-11
    7 verses
    75%

    5 Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.

    6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

    7 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

    8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

    9 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

    10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

    11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

  • Luke 10:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.

    2 Then he said to them, "The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

  • Matt 7:15
    73%

    15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

  • Luke 10:8-10
    3 verses
    73%

    8 Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

    9 Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'

    10 But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,

  • Luke 9:2-6
    5 verses
    72%

    2 He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

    3 He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

    4 Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.

    5 As many as don't receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them."

    6 They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.

  • Acts 20:29
    71%

    29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

  • Mark 6:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8 He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

    9 but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.

    10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

  • John 10:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

    12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.

  • Matt 9:36-38
    3 verses
    70%

    36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

    37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

    38 Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."

  • Luke 22:35
    70%

    35 He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."

  • John 17:18
    69%

    18 As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

  • Luke 17:23
    69%

    23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • Matt 7:6
    69%

    6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • John 20:21
    69%

    21 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."

  • Luke 9:57
    69%

    57 As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."

  • John 10:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

    4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

  • Matt 10:23
    69%

    23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

  • Luke 15:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 He told them this parable.

    4 "Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

  • Matt 28:10
    68%

    10 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."

  • Mark 16:15
    68%

    15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

  • Matt 18:12
    68%

    12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

  • Mark 6:36
    68%

    36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."

  • Mark 1:38
    68%

    38 He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason."

  • John 4:38
    68%

    38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

  • Luke 13:32
    68%

    32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.