Luke 10:3

3 Go; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 10:3

Go your ways
Into all the villages, towns, cities, and places, where he directed them to go, to make ready for him.

Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves;
as harmless, innocent, profitable, and defenceless creatures, among spiteful, malicious, cunning, and cruel men; (See Gill on Matthew 10:16).

Luke 10:3 In-Context

1 After these things the Lord appointed another seventy also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself would come.

2 Therefore he said unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

3 Go; behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

4 Carry neither purse nor provision bag nor shoes, and greet no one on the way.

5 And into whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.