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Jesus Sends the Seventy-Two

Luke 10:3

In 9 translations

BSB
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
KJV
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
WEB
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
ASV
Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
LSV
Go away; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
YLT
'Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
DBY
Go: behold I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
DRC
Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.
GNV
Goe your wayes: beholde, I send you foorth as lambes among wolues.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐγὼ (“I myself”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἰδοὺ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἰδοὺ; Robinson–Pierpont add ἐγὼ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὑπάγετε· ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων.
RP2018
Ὑπάγετε· ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων.
TR-Boyd
Ὑπάγετε· ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων.
SCR1894
υπαγετε ιδου εγω αποστελλω υμας ως αρνας εν μεσω λυκων

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
  • Acts 20:29I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
  • Ezekiel 2:3–6“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me. They are obstinate and stubborn…
  • John 15:20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
  • John 10:12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
  • Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  • John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  • Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  • Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
  • Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
  • Psalms 22:12–16Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts…
  • Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

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