³⁵Then Jesus went to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, ^qand healing every ^rdisease and every sickness. ^s³⁶When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, ^tlike sheep without a shepherd. ^u³⁷Then He said to His disciples, ^v“The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. ³⁸Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Commissioning the Twelve

10Summoning His 12 disciples, ^wHe gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every ^xdisease and sickness. ^y²These are the names of the 12 apostles: ^z

First, Simon, who is called Peter,

and Andrew his brother;

James the son of Zebedee,

and John his brother;

³Philip and Bartholomew; ^a

Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;

James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^b

⁴Simon the Zealot, ^cand Judas Iscariot, ^d

who also betrayed Him. ^e

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Footnotes

r9:35 Or every kind of
s9:35 Other add among the people
x10:1 Or every kind of
a10:3 Probably the Nathanael of Jn 1:45–51
b10:3 Other read and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus
c10:4 the Cananaean
d10:4 Iscariot is probably “a man of Kerioth,” a town in Judea.

Cross references

q9:35 Mt 4:23; Mk 1:15
t9:36 Mt 14:14; 15:32; Mk 6:34; 8:2
u9:36 Nm 27:17; 1Kg 22:17; Ezk 34:5; Zch 10:2
v9:37 Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
w10:1–4 Mk 3:13–19; 6:13–16
y10:1 Mt 9:35; Mk 6:7; Lk 9:1
z10:2 Mt 4:18, 21; 16:18; Jn 1:42
e10:4 Mt 26:14; Lk 22:3; Jn 6:71; 13:2, 26