Luke 10:3

3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 in Other Translations

3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

3 Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.

3 "On your way! But be careful - this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack.

3 Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

3 Go! I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves.

3 Now go; I'm sending you out like lambs among wolves.

3 "Go! I am sending you out like 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 this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go.

2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.

4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.

5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 10:16