Matthew 9:36-10:8
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36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.(A) 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;(B) 38 therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
The Twelve Apostles
10 Then Jesus[a] summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness.(C) 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus and Thaddaeus;[b] 4 Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him.(D)
The Mission of the Twelve
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not take a road leading to gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town,(E) 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.(F) 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’[c](G) 8 Cure the sick; raise the dead; cleanse those with a skin disease; cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.
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