Luke 10:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ [So], go on; See, I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Go your way; behold, I send you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

³ Go! Be warned, though, that I’m sending you out as lambs among wolves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Go forth. Behold, I send you out like lambs among wolves.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves.

Luke 10:3 Cross References

Matthew 10:16

“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.

Matthew 10:22

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].

Matthew 7:15

“Look out for deceiving prophets, who approach you wearing sheep’s clothing, but who are [actually] starving wolves in their hearts.

Luke 10:4

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.

John 10:12

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].

John 15:20

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.

John 16:2

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.

Acts 20:29

[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].

Acts 9:16

I will show him how many things he will have to suffer for my name's sake.”

Acts 9:2

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.