Matthew 9:35–10:4

³⁵And 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.

^36aAnd seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, ^bbecause they were ¹distressed and ²downcast like sheep ³without a shepherd.

³⁷Then 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.”

CHAPTER 10

Jesus Appoints the Twelve

^1aAnd 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.

^2aNow the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, ^bSimon, who is called Peter, and ^cAndrew his brother; and ^dJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

^3aPhilip and ¹Bartholomew; ^bThomas and ^cMatthew the tax collector; ^dJames the son of Alphaeus, and ^eThaddaeus;

⁴Simon the ¹Zealot, and ^aJudas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.