Matthew 9:35-10:5


35 And Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, ateaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

36 aAnd seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, bbecause they were 1distressed and 2downcast like sheep 3without a shepherd.
37 Then He *said to His disciples, “aThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

aAnd summoning His twelve disciples, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to bheal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

2 aNow the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, bSimon, who is called Peter, and bAndrew his brother; and cJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3 aPhilip and 1Bartholomew; bThomas and cMatthew the tax collector; dJames the son of Alphaeus, and eThaddaeus; 4 Simon the 1Zealot, and aJudas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

The Twelve Disciples Sent Out

5 aThese twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them, saying, “Do not 1go 2in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the bSamaritans;
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