Luke 10:3 Cross References

Luke 10:3

3: Go now, and remember that I am sending you out as lambs among wolves.

"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Be as wary as snakes and harmless as doves.

I know full well that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.

"Son of man," he said, "I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a nation that is rebelling against me. Their ancestors have rebelled against me from the beginning, and they are still in revolt to this very day.
They are a hard-hearted and stubborn people. But I am sending you to say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says!'
And whether they listen or not--for remember, they are rebels--at least they will know they have had a prophet among them.
"Son of man, do not fear them. Don't be afraid even though their threats are sharp as thorns and barbed like briers, and they sting like scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls. For remember, they are rebels!

"Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you apart.

Do you remember what I told you? 'A servant is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you!

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

My enemies surround me like a herd of bulls; fierce bulls of Bashan have hemmed me in!
Like roaring lions attacking their prey, they come at me with open mouths.
My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.
My enemies surround me like a pack of dogs; an evil gang closes in on me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

And everyone will hate you because of your allegiance to me. But those who endure to the end will be saved.

A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren't his and he isn't their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.

Its leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims--out for everything they can get. Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them--both men and women--back to Jerusalem in chains.

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