KJV King James Version
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 10:1
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
WEB World English Bible
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.
ASV American Standard Version
Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,
Surrounding context — Luke 10
1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΜετὰG3326 · metawith/afterδὲG1161 · dethenταῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἀνέδειξενG322 · anadeiknumito appointὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριοςG2962 · kurioslord: GodκαὶG2532 · kaiandἑτέρουςG2087 · heterosotherἑβδομήκονταG1440 · hebdomēkontaseventyδύοG1417 · duotwoκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀπέστειλενG649 · apostellōto sendαὐτοὺςG846 · autosit/s/heἀνὰG303 · anaeachδύοG1417 · duotwoδύοG1417 · duotwoπρὸG4253 · probeforeπροσώπουG4383 · prosōponfaceαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heεἰςG1519 · eistowardπᾶσανG3956 · pasallπόλινG4172 · poliscityκαὶG2532 · kaiandτόπονG5117 · toposplaceοὗG3757 · ohuwhitherἤμελλενG3195 · mellōto ensueαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heἔρχεσθαι.G2064 · erchomaito come/go
Cross-references
Mark 6:7-13And he called [unto him] the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;Luke 9:52And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.Matthew 10:1-4And when he had called unto [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.Numbers 11:24-26And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.Luke 3:4-6As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Numbers 11:16And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.Luke 9:1-2Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.Acts 13:2-4As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;Revelation 11:3-10And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.Luke 7:13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
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