Luke 10:3

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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 Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀνέδειξεν ὁ κύριος καὶ ἑτέρους ἑβδομήκοντα δύο καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἀνὰ δύο δύο πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ τόπον οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι.

2 ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς · Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι · δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ ⸃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.

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4 μὴ βαστάζετε βαλλάντιον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ ὑποδήματα, καὶ μηδένα κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀσπάσησθε.

5 εἰς ἣν δ’ ἂν εἰσέλθητε οἰκίαν ⸃ πρῶτον λέγετε · Εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ.