Matthew 9:35–10:4

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

^36aSeeing the ¹people, He felt compassion for them, ^bbecause they were ²distressed and ³dispirited like sheep ⁴without a shepherd.

³⁷Then He said to His disciples, “^aThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

³⁸“Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

Chapter 10

The Twelve Disciples; Instructions for Service

¹Jesus ^asummoned His twelve disciples and 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 Andrew his brother; and ^1cJames the son of Zebedee, and ²John his brother;

^3aPhilip and ¹Bartholomew; ^bThomas and ^cMatthew the tax collector; ^2dJames the son of Alphaeus, and ^eThaddaeus;

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