Matthew 9:35–10:4

The Need for Delegation of Power

³⁵Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, ^eteaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease ⁹among the people. ^36fBut when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were ¹weary and scattered, ^glike sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷Then He said to His disciples, ^h“The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ³⁸ⁱTherefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

The Twelve Apostles are Sent

Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1

10And ^awhen He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^bwho is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and ¹Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ^4cSimon the ²Cananite, and Judas ^dIscariot, who also betrayed Him.