“Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is “sensible”] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is “sincere”] as doves.
Luke 10:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [So], go on; See, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go your way; behold, I send you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. American Standard Version (1901) Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves. Common English Bible Go! Be warned, though, that I’m sending you out as lambs among wolves. Catholic Public Domain Version Go forth. Behold, I send you out like lambs among wolves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. |
“Here is how it will be: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore you should be as crafty [Note: The Greek word here is “sensible”] as snakes, yet as harmless [Note: The Greek word is “sincere”] as doves.
And you will be hated by everyone for being loyal to me. But the person who endures [this persecution by remaining faithful] to the end [of his life] is the one who will be saved [i.e., from spiritual and physical destruction].
“Look out for deceiving prophets, who approach you wearing sheep’s clothing, but who are [actually] starving wolves in their hearts.
Do not carry a money belt, or a traveling bag [for personal belongings] or shoes; and do not extend [elaborate] greetings to anyone along the way.
The person who is [only] a hired hand, and not the shepherd, [and] who does not own the sheep [himself], sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. So, the wolf attacks the flock and scatters [the sheep].
But they [i.e., the world] will do all these things to you for my name’s sake [i.e., because you are my disciples], for they do not know Him [i.e., God], who sent me.
The Jewish authorities will expel you from their synagogues. In fact, the time will come when whoever kills you will think he is doing a service to God.
[Because] I know that after I am gone [from here] there will be vicious wolves [i.e., ravaging false teachers] who will come in among you, and they will not spare the flock [i.e., the congregation].
I will show him how many things he will have to suffer for my name's sake.”
to ask for letters [authorizing him to go] to Damascus and to enter [Jewish] synagogues looking for people of “the Way” [Note: This was a designation for Christians at that time]. And if he found any, whether men or women, he would tie them up and take them to Jerusalem.