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Luke 10:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

He said to them: A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few workers. Ask the Lord in charge of the harvest to send out workers to bring it in.

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My friends, we ask you to be thoughtful of your leaders who work hard and tell you how to live for the Lord.

Then he told them: Go and preach the good news to everyone in the world.

But you must stay calm and be willing to suffer. You must work hard, telling the good news and to do your job well.

Finally, our friends, please pray for us. This will help the message about the Lord to spread quickly, and others will respect it, just as you do.

It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert.

We have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, but especially of those who have faith. This is why we work and struggle so hard.

But the Lord told me to go, and he promised to send me far away to the Gentiles.

Look after yourselves and everyone the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be like shepherds to God's church. It is the flock he bought with the blood of his own Son.

After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus.

While they were worshiping the Lord and going without eating, the Holy Spirit told them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to do the work for which I have chosen them.”

Some of the Lord's followers had been scattered because of the terrible trouble that started when Stephen was killed. They went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they told the message only to the Jews.

The Lord's followers who had been scattered went from place to place, telling the good news.

Jesus called together his twelve apostles and gave them complete power over all demons and diseases.

Then the disciples left and preached everywhere. The Lord was with them, and the miracles they worked proved that their message was true.

As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said: Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard.

You worthless shepherd, deserting the sheep! I hope a sword will cripple your arm and blind your right eye.

Then I'll appoint wise rulers who will obey me, and they will care for you like shepherds.

I think I ought to send my dear friend Epaphroditus back to you. He is a follower and a worker and a soldier of the Lord, just as I am. You sent him to look after me,

The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus.

First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to work miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages.

While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.

This is why I work so hard and use the mighty power he gives me.

He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.

But Christ is the Son in charge of God's people. And we are those people, if we keep on being brave and don't lose hope.

My dear friends, you surely haven't forgotten our hard work and hardships. You remember how night and day we struggled to make a living, so we could tell you God's message without being a burden to anyone.

Your own Epaphras, who serves Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He always prays hard that you may fully know what the Lord wants you to do and that you may do it completely.

We work together with God, and we beg you to make good use of God's gift of undeserved grace.

But God treated me with undeserved grace! He made me what I am, and his grace wasn't wasted. I worked much harder than any of the other apostles, although it was really God's grace at work and not me.

The people who buy and butcher them go unpunished, while everyone who sells them says, “Praise the Lord! I'm rich.” Not even their shepherds have pity on them.

Then Elijah continued: I am the Lord's only prophet, but Baal has 450 prophets.

But Moses replied, “Are you concerned what this might do to me? I wish the Lord would give his Spirit to all his people so everyone could be a prophet.”

From Paul, who is in jail for serving Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, who is like a brother because of our faith. Philemon, you work with us and are very dear to us. This letter is to you

You gave the command, Lord, and a chorus of women told what had happened:

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: I am the one who holds the seven stars in my right hand, and I walk among the seven gold lampstands. Listen to what I say.




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