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Sunday, July 27th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Good News Translation
Luke 10:3
Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves.
King James Version (1611)
Go your wayes: Behold, I send you forth as lambes among wolues.
Go your wayes: Behold, I send you forth as lambes among wolues.
King James Version
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
English Standard Version
Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
New American Standard Bible
"Go; behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves.
"Go; behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves.
New Century Version
Go now, but listen! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.
Go now, but listen! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.
Amplified Bible
"Go your way; listen carefully: I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
"Go your way; listen carefully: I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
"Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Legacy Standard Bible
Go! Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go! Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Berean Standard Bible
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Contemporary English Version
Now go, but remember, I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves.
Now go, but remember, I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves.
Complete Jewish Bible
Get going now, but pay attention! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Get going now, but pay attention! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Darby Translation
Go: behold *I* send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go: behold *I* send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves.
"You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Goe your wayes: beholde, I send you foorth as lambes among wolues.
Goe your wayes: beholde, I send you foorth as lambes among wolues.
George Lamsa Translation
Go forth; behold, I send you as lambs among wolves.
Go forth; behold, I send you as lambs among wolves.
Lexham English Bible
Go! Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!
Go! Behold, I am sending you out like lambs in the midst of wolves!
Literal Translation
Go! Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go! Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
American Standard Version
Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Bible in Basic English
Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
Go on your way: see, I send you out like lambs among wolves.
Hebrew Names Version
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
International Standard Version
Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.Matthew 10:16;">[xr]
Get going! See, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.Matthew 10:16;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Go; behold, I send you as sheep among wolves.
Go; behold, I send you as sheep among wolves.
Murdock Translation
Go ye: lo, I send you forth, as sheep among wolves.
Go ye: lo, I send you forth, as sheep among wolves.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Go your wayes: beholde, I sende you foorth as lambes among wolfes.
Go your wayes: beholde, I sende you foorth as lambes among wolfes.
English Revised Version
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
World English Bible
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Go: behold I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go: behold I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Weymouth's New Testament
Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.
Remember that I am sending you out as lambs into the midst of wolves.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Go ye, lo! Y sende you as lambren among wolues.
Go ye, lo! Y sende you as lambren among wolues.
Update Bible Version
Go your ways; look, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your ways; look, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Webster's Bible Translation
Go: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Go: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
New English Translation
Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves.
New King James Version
Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.
New Living Translation
Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
Now go, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.
New Life Bible
Go on your way. Listen! I send you out like lambs among wolves.
Go on your way. Listen! I send you out like lambs among wolves.
New Revised Standard
Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.
Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.
Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.
Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.
Revised Standard Version
Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Goo youre wayes: beholde I sende you forthe as lambes amonge wolves.
Goo youre wayes: beholde I sende you forthe as lambes amonge wolves.
Young's Literal Translation
`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go youre waye: beholde, I sende you forth as the labes amonge ye wolues.
Go youre waye: beholde, I sende you forth as the labes amonge ye wolues.
Mace New Testament (1729)
go then: I send you as lambs among wolves.
go then: I send you as lambs among wolves.
THE MESSAGE
"On your way! But be careful—this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack.
"On your way! But be careful—this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Go now and ride, but understand, I am sending y'all out like sheep among the wolves.
Go now and ride, but understand, I am sending y'all out like sheep among the wolves.
Contextual Overview
1 After this the Lord chose another seventy-two men and sent them out two by two, to go ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He said to them, "There is a large harvest, but few workers to gather it in. Pray to the owner of the harvest that he will send out workers to gather in his harvest. 3 Go! I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4 Don't take a purse or a beggar's bag or shoes; don't stop to greet anyone on the road. 5 Whenever you go into a house, first say, ‘Peace be with this house.' 6 If someone who is peace-loving lives there, let your greeting of peace remain on that person; if not, take back your greeting of peace. 7 Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another. 8 Whenever you go into a town and are made welcome, eat what is set before you, 9 heal the sick in that town, and say to the people there, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near you.' 10 But whenever you go into a town and are not welcomed, go out in the streets and say,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I send: Psalms 22:12-16, Psalms 22:21, Ezekiel 2:3-6, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:22, John 15:20, John 16:2, Acts 9:2, Acts 9:16
wolves: Zephaniah 3:3, Matthew 7:15, John 10:12, Acts 20:29
Reciprocal: Mark 6:7 - the twelve John 4:35 - for Romans 16:19 - simple
Cross-References
Jeremiah 51:27
"Give the signal to attack! Blow the trumpet so that the nations can hear! Prepare the nations for war against Babylonia! Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack. Appoint an officer to lead the attack. Bring up the horses like a swarm of locusts.
"Give the signal to attack! Blow the trumpet so that the nations can hear! Prepare the nations for war against Babylonia! Tell the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to attack. Appoint an officer to lead the attack. Bring up the horses like a swarm of locusts.
Ezekiel 27:14
You sold your goods for workhorses, war-horses, and mules from Beth Togarmah.
You sold your goods for workhorses, war-horses, and mules from Beth Togarmah.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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; :-.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Matthew 10:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Luke 10:3. Lambs among wolves. — Matthew 10:16; Matthew 10:16.
