Rescue me from the lion’s mouth. Protect me from the horns of the bulls.
Luke 10:3 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version “You can go now. But listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Rescue me from the lion’s mouth. Protect me from the horns of the bulls.
Jerusalem’s leaders are like roaring lions. Her judges are like hungry wolves that come in the evening to attack the sheep—and in the morning nothing is left.
“Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and don’t hurt anyone.
Everyone will hate you because you follow me. But the one who remains faithful to the end will be saved.
“Be careful of false prophets. They come to you and look gentle like sheep. But they are really dangerous like wolves.
Don’t carry any money, a bag, or sandals. Don’t stop to talk with people on the road.
The worker who is paid to keep the sheep is different from the shepherd. The paid worker does not own the sheep. So when he sees a wolf coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them.
“Remember the lesson I told you: Servants are not greater than their master. If people treated me badly, they will treat you badly too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.
People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God.
I know that after I leave, some men will come into your group. They will be like wild wolves and will try to destroy the flock.
and asked him to write letters to the synagogues in the city of Damascus. Saul wanted the high priest to give him the authority to find people in Damascus who were followers of the Way. If he found any believers there, men or women, he would arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem.