Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

This Means We Have Peace With God And Access To His Grace Through Jesus Christ

5 Therefore, having been declared-righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ² through Whom also we have the access by faith into this grace in which we stand.

And In Spite of Our Afflictions, Our Hope Will Not Disappoint Us, For God Loves Us

And we are boasting over the hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only this, but we also are boasting in the afflictions— knowing that the affliction is producing endurance, ⁴ and the endurance is producing approvedness, and the approvedness is producing hope, ⁵ and the hope does not put-to-shame^[a] because the love of God has been poured-out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit having been given to us.

For God Shows His Love For Us In That Christ Died To Reconcile And Save Us

⁶ For while we were still being weak, yet at the right-time, Christ died for ungodly ones. ⁷ For one will rarely^[b] die for a righteous person; for^[c] perhaps someone may even dare to die for the good person. ⁸ But God demonstrates^[d] His own love for us because while we were still being sinners, Christ died for us.

The King Sends Out Messengers To The Nation: Divine Compassion Reaches Out To The People

³⁵ And Jesus was going around all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good-news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every infirmity. ³⁶ And having seen the crowds, He felt-deep-feelings [of compassion] concerning them, because they had been troubled^[a] and thrown-forth^[b] like sheep not having a shepherd. ³⁷ Then He says to His disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few! ³⁸ Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest that He send-out workers into His harvest”.

Jesus Grants The Twelve Power Over Demons And Every Disease

10 And having summoned His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to be casting them out, and to be curing every disease and every infirmity. ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these— first, Simon (the one being called Peter) and Andrew (his brother), and James (the son of Zebedee) and John (his brother), ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew (the tax-collector), James (the son of Alphaeus) and Thaddaeus, ⁴ Simon (the Cananaean^[c]) and Judas the Iscariot^[d] (the one also having handed Him over).

Jesus Instructs The Twelve On Where To Go, What To Say, What To Do, How To Live

⁵ Jesus sent out these twelve, having instructed^[e] them, saying— “Do not go into the path of Gentiles, and do not enter into a city of Samaritans. ⁶ But be proceeding instead to the lost^[f] sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ And while proceeding, be proclaiming, saying that ‘The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near’. ⁸ Be curing ones being sick, raising dead ones, cleansing lepers, casting out demons. You received freely— give freely.

⁹ Do not acquire^[a] gold nor silver nor copper [money] for your [money] belts— ¹⁰ not a [traveler’s] bag for the journey, nor two^[b] tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff. For the worker is worthy of his food. ¹¹ And into whatever city or village you enter, search-out^[c] who is worthy in it, and stay there until you go forth. ¹² And while entering into the house, greet^[d] it. ¹³ And if the house is worthy let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And whoever does not welcome you nor listen-to your words— shake-out the dust from your feet while going outside of that house or city. ¹⁵ Truly I say to you, it will be more-tolerable^[e] for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.

Jesus Pre-Warns The Twelve About The Persecution They Will Face In The Future

¹⁶ “Behold— I am sending^[f] you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be shrewd^[g] as the snakes, and innocent^[h] as the doves. ¹⁷ And beware of people. For they will hand you over to councils^[i] and whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ And you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake— for a testimony to them^[j] and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious-about how or what you should speak. For what you should speak will be given to you in that hour. ²⁰ For you are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is the One speaking in you. ²¹ And brother will hand-over brother to death, and a father his child. And children will rise-up-in-rebellion^[k] against parents and they will put them to death. ²² And you will be being hated by all because of My name. But the one having endured to the end^[l], this one will be saved. ²³ But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly I say to you— you will by no means finish the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes^[m].