The missions of the twelve and seventy.

Matthew 10.5-16; 14.13-14 = Mark 6.7-13; 6.30-34 = Luke 9.1-6; 9.10-11; 10.1-12 (John 6.1-2).

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Matthew 10.{1}, 5-16.†	Mark 6.7-13.‡	Luke 9.1-6.
{¹ Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτὰ καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν.} ⁵ Τούτους τοὺς δώδεκα ἀπέστειλεν* ὁ Ἰησοῦς παραγγείλας αὐτοῖς, λέγων·* Εἰς ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν μὴ ἀπέλθητε, καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαριτῶν μὴ εἰσέλθητε· ⁶ πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. ⁷ πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι, Ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. ⁸ ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε. ⁹ μὴ κτήσησθε χρυσὸν μηδὲ ἄργυρον* μηδὲ χαλκὸν* εἰς τὰς ζώνας* ὑμῶν, ¹⁰ μὴ πήραν* εἰς ὁδὸν* μηδὲ δύο χιτῶνας μηδὲ ὑποδήματα μηδὲ ῥάβδον·* ἄξιος γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης τῆς τροφῆς αὐτοῦ. ¹¹ εἰς* ἣν δ᾿ ἂν πόλιν ἢ κώμην εἰσέλθητε, ἐξετάσατε τίς ἐν αὐτῇ ἄξιός ἐστιν· κἀκεῖ μείνατε ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθητε. ¹² εἰσερχόμενοι δὲ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἀσπάσασθε αὐτήν· ¹³ καὶ ἐὰν μὲν ᾖ ἡ οἰκία ἀξία, ἐλθάτω ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν ἐπ᾿ αὐτήν· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ᾖ ἀξία, ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐπιστραφήτω. ¹⁴ καὶ ὃς ἂν μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς μηδὲ ἀκούσῃ τοὺς λόγους ὑμῶν, ἐξερχόμενοι ἔξω τῆς οἰκίας ἢ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης ἐκτινάξατε* τὸν κονιορτὸν τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν. ¹⁵ ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται γῇ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ. ¹⁶ ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων· γίνεσθε οὖν φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί.	⁷ Καὶ προσκαλεῖται τοὺς δώδεκα, καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλειν* δύο δύο, καὶ ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων· ⁸ καὶ παρήγγειλεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδὲν αἴρωσιν εἰς ὁδὸν* εἰ μὴ ῥάβδον* μόνον, μὴ ἄρτον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ εἰς τὴν ζώνην* χαλκόν,* ⁹ ἀλλὰ ὑποδεδεμένους σανδάλια καὶ μὴ ἐνδύσησθε δύο χιτῶνας. ¹⁰ καὶ ἔλεγεν* αὐτοῖς·* Οπου ἐὰν εἰσέλθητε εἰς* οἰκίαν, ἐκεῖ μένετε ἕως ἂν ἐξέλθητε ἐκεῖθεν. ¹¹ καὶ ὃς ἂν τόπος μὴ δέξηται ὑμᾶς μηδὲ ἀκούσωσιν ὑμῶν, ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐκεῖθεν ἐκτινάξατε* τὸν χοῦν τὸν ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν εἰς μαρτύριον αὐτοῖς. ¹² καὶ ἐξελθόντες ἐκήρυξαν ἵνα μετανοῶσιν, ¹³ καὶ δαιμόνια πολλὰ ἐξέβαλλον, καὶ ἤλειφον ἐλαίῳ πολλοὺς ἀρρώστους καὶ ἐθεράπευον.	¹ Συγκαλεσάμενος δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ νόσους θεραπεύειν, ² καὶ ἀπέστειλεν* αὐτοὺς κηρύσσειν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἰᾶσθαι τοὺς ἀσθενεῖς, ³ καὶ εἶπεν* πρὸς αὐτούς·* Μηδὲν αἴρετε εἰς τὴν ὁδόν,* μήτε ῥάβδον* μήτε πήραν μήτε ἄρτον μήτε ἀργύριον,* μήτε ἀνὰ δύο χιτῶνας ἔχειν. ⁴ καὶ εἰς* ἣν ἂν οἰκίαν εἰσέλθητε, ἐκεῖ μένετε καὶ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξέρχεσθε. ⁵ καὶ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξερχόμενοι ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης τὸν κονιορτὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν ἀποτινάσσετε* εἰς μαρτύριον ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς. ⁶ ἐξερχόμενοι δὲ διήρχοντο κατὰ τὰς κώμας εὐαγγελιζόμενοι καὶ θεραπεύοντες πανταχοῦ.
Extant: א B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: א A B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: ~Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹ δωδεκα (Ƿ⁷⁵ A B D W Δ �¹ Byzantine) / δωδεκα μαθητας αυτου (C^corrected) / δωδεκα αποστολους (א C* L Θ Ψ �¹³). ² ιασθαι τους ασθενεις (א A D L Ψ �¹) / ιασθαι τους ασθενουντας (C W Δ Θ �¹³ Byzantine) / ιασθαι (B). Miniscules 407 and 435, supported by it^f, have ιασθαι παντας τους ασθενουντας. ³ ανα δυο (A C^corrected D W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine) / δυο (א B C* L).
Eusebius 81-86. Word count: 192. Previous: Matthew 10.1-4. Next: Matthew 10.17-25.	Eusebius 53-56. Word count: 100. Previous: Mark 6.6b. Next: Mark 6.14-16.	Eusebius 86-89. Word count: 93. Previous: Luke 8.49-56. Next: Luke 9.7-9.

Matthew 10.{1}, 5-16.†	Mark 6.7-13.‡	Luke 9.1-6.
{¹ And he called his twelve disciples to him, and he gave them authority of unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal every disease and every malady.} ⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out,* having commanded them, saying:* Do not go away into the road of gentiles, and do not go into a city of Samaritans. ⁶ But journey rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ But while you are journeying preach and say that the kingdom of the heavens has come near. ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received; freely give. ⁹ Do not acquire gold, nor silver coinage,* nor copper* for your belts,* ¹⁰ nor a bag* for the road,* nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff.* For the worker is worthy of his food. ¹¹ But, whatever city or village you go into, ask who is worthy in it, and remain there until you go out. ¹² And as you go into the house greet it. ¹³ And, if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But, if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And, whoever does not receive you or hear your words, go out of that house or that city and shake the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of the Sodomites and Gomorrahites on the day of judgment than for that city. ¹⁶ Behold, I send you away as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become therefore as crafty as snakes and as innocent as doves.	⁷ And he calls the twelve to him and began to send them out* two by two, and gave them authority of the unclean spirits. ⁸ And he commanded them to take nothing for the road* except a staff* only, not bread, nor a bag, nor copper* for the belt,* ⁹ but to wear sandals and not to wear two tunics. ¹⁰ And he said* to them:* Wherever you go into a house, remain there until you go out thence. ¹¹ And, whatever place does not receive you or hear you, journey thence and shake the dirt from upon your feet as a testimony to them. ¹² And they went out and were preaching that they should repent, ¹³ and casting out many demons, and smearing many who were ill, and healing them.	¹ But he called the twelve together, and he gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. ² And he sent them out* to preach the kingdom of God and cure the sick ³ And he said:* toward them: Take nothing for the road,* neither a staff,* nor a bag, nor bread nor silver,* nor to have two tunics. ⁴ And, whatever house you go into, remain there and go out thence. ⁵ And, as many as do not receive you, go out away from that city and shake the dust away from your feet as a testimony upon them. ⁶ But they went out and went evangelizing through the villages and healing everywhere.

Matthew 14.{12b}, 13-14; {9.36b}.	Mark 6.30-34.	Luke 9.10-11.
{^12b ...καὶ ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ.} ¹³ Ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν ἐν πλοίῳ εἰς ἔρημον τόπον κατ᾿ ἰδίαν· καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ πεζῇ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων. ^14a καὶ ἐξελθὼν εἶδεν πολὺν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς.... {^9.36b ...ὅτι ἦσαν ἐσκυλμένοι καὶ ἐρριμμένοι ὡσεὶ πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα.} ^14b ...καὶ* ἐθεράπευσεν τοὺς ἀρρώστους αὐτῶν.	³⁰ Καὶ συνάγονται οἱ ἀπόστολοι πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν. ³¹ καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Δεῦτε ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ κατ᾿ ἰδίαν εἰς ἔρημον τόπον καὶ ἀναπαύσασθε ὀλίγον. ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ ἐρχόμενοι καὶ οἱ ὑπάγοντες πολλοί, καὶ οὐδὲ φαγεῖν εὐκαίρουν. ³² καὶ ἀπῆλθον ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ εἰς ἔρημον τόπον κατ᾿ ἰδίαν. ³³ καὶ εἶδον αὐτοὺς ὑπάγοντας καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν πολλοί, καὶ πεζῇ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων συνέδραμον ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς. ³⁴ καὶ ἐξελθὼν εἶδεν πολὺν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγχνίσθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ὅτι ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα, καὶ* ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς πολλά.	¹⁰ Καὶ ὑποστρέψαντες οἱ ἀπόστολοι διηγήσαντο αὐτῷ ὅσα ἐποίησαν. καὶ παραλαβὼν αὐτοὺς ὑπεχώρησεν κατ᾿ ἰδίαν εἰς πόλιν καλουμένην Βηθσαϊδά. ¹¹ οἱ δὲ ὄχλοι γνόντες ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἀποδεξάμενος αὐτοὺς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς περὶ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ* τοὺς χρείαν ἔχοντας θεραπείας ἰᾶτο.
Extant: א B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine.	Extant: ~Ƿ⁸⁴ א A B D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ³³ εκει και προηλθον αυτους (א B) / εκει και προσηλθον αυτους (L) / εκει και προσηλθον αυτοις (Δ Θ) / εκει και συνηλθον αυτου (D) / και ηλθον εκει (�¹) / εκει και προηλθον αυτους και συνηλθον προς αυτον (Ƿ^84vid Byzantine) / εκει και προηλθον αυτους και συνεδραμον προς αυτον (A) / εκει και προηλθον αυτους και συνεισηλθον προς αυτους (�¹³) / εκει (W).	Extant: Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹⁰ εις πολιν καλουμενην Βηθσαιδα (א^corrected B L) / εις πολιν καλουμενην Βηδσαιδα (Ƿ⁷⁵) / εις κωμην λεγομενην Βηδσαιδα (D) / εις τοπον ερημον (א*^recorrected) / εις κωμην καλουμενην Βηθσαιδαν εις τοπον ερημον (Θ) / εις τοπον καλουμενον Βηθσαιδα (Ψ) / εις τοπον ερημον πολεως καλουμενης Βηθσαιδα (C W Δ Byzantine) / εις ερημον τοπον πολεως καλουμενης Βηθσαιδα (A �¹³) / εις τοπον πολεως καλουμενης Βηθσαιδα (�¹). Miniscule 1010 omits this phrase altogether.
Eusebius 146. Word count: 42. Previous: Matthew 14.6-12. Next: Matthew 14.15-21.	Eusebius 61-63. Word count: 91. Previous: Mark 6.21-29. Next: Mark 6.35-44.	Eusebius 91-92. Word count: 40. Previous: Luke 9.7-9. Next: Luke 9.12-17.

Matthew 14.{12b}, 13-14; {9.36b}.	Mark 6.30-34.	Luke 9.10-11.
{^12b ...and when they came they announced it to Jesus.*} ¹³ But when Jesus heard he removed thence in a boat unto a deserted place in private. And when they heard the crowds followed him on foot from the cities. ^14a And he went out and saw a great crowd, and he had compassion upon them.... {^9.36b ...because they were oppressed and thrown down as sheep that do not have a shepherd.} ^14b ...and he healed those of them who were ill.	³⁰ And the apostles gathered unto Jesus* and they announced to him everything, as many things as they had done and as many things as they had taught. ³¹ And he said to them: You yourselves withdraw in private to a deserted place and rest a little. For there were many coming and going, and they had no opportunity to eat. ³² And he went away in the boat unto a deserted place in private. ³³ And they saw them going and many recognized them. And they ran together on foot from all the cities and went there before them. ³⁴ And he went out and saw a great crowd, and he had compassion upon them because they were as sheep that do not have a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.	¹⁰ And when the apostles returned they narrated to him as many things as they had done. And having taken them along he moved out in private unto a city called Bethsaida. ¹¹ But the crowds, when they knew it, followed him. and he received them, and he spoke to them about the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healings.

Luke 10.1-12.†‡¤
¹ Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἀνέδειξεν ὁ κύριος ἑτέρους ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἀνὰ δύο δύο πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ εἰς πᾶσαν πόλιν καὶ τόπον οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι. ² ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ. ³ ὑπάγετε· ἰδοὺ, ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς ἄρνας ἐν μέσῳ λύκων. ⁴ μὴ βαστάζετε βαλλάντιον, μὴ πήραν, μὴ ὑποδήματα, καὶ μηδένα κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἀσπάσησθε. ⁵ εἰς ἣν δ᾿ ἂν εἰσέλθητε οἰκίαν, πρῶτον λέγετε· Εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ. ⁶ καὶ ἐὰν ἐκεῖ ᾖ υἱὸς εἰρήνης, ἐπαναπαήσεται ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν· εἰ δὲ μή γε, ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἀνακάμψει. ⁷ ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ οἰκίᾳ μένετε, ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες τὰ παρ᾿ αὐτῶν, ἄξιος γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ. μὴ μεταβαίνετε ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν. ⁸ καὶ εἰς ἣν ἂν πόλιν εἰσέρχησθε καὶ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐσθίετε τὰ παρατιθέμενα ὑμῖν, ⁹ καὶ θεραπεύετε τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ ἀσθενεῖς, καὶ λέγετε αὐτοῖς· Ἤγγικεν ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ. ¹⁰ εἰς ἣν δ᾿ ἂν πόλιν εἰσέλθητε καὶ μὴ δέχωνται ὑμᾶς, ἐξελθόντες εἰς τὰς πλατείας αὐτῆς εἴπατε· ¹¹ Καὶ τὸν κονιορτὸν τὸν κολληθέντα ἡμῖν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν εἰς τοὺς πόδας ἀπομασσόμεθα ὑμῖν· πλὴν τοῦτο γινώσκετε, ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ. ¹² λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι Σοδόμοις ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀνεκτότερον ἔσται ἢ τῇ πόλει ἐκείνῃ.
Extant: ~Ƿ⁴⁵ Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B C D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹ δυο (Ƿ⁷⁵ B D) / — (א A C L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine). Many lectionaries have μαθητας instead of δυο.
Eusebius 107-114. Word count: 213. Previous: Luke 9.57-62. Next: Luke 10.13-15.
¹ But after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them out two by two before his face into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. ² But he said toward them: The harvest is great, but the workers few. Request of the Lord of the harvest therefore that he might cast out workers into his harvest. ³ Get on. Behold, I send you away as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴ Do not carry a moneybelt, nor a bag, nor shoes, and greet no one along the road. ⁵ But, whatever house you go into, say first: Peace to this house. ⁶ And if there is a son of peace there, your peace shall rest upon him. But, if not, it shall come back upon you. ⁷ But remain in that very house, eating and drinking the things from them, For the worker is worthy of his wage. Do not keep moving from house to house. ⁸ And, whatever city you go into and they receive you, eat the things placed before you, ⁹ and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them: The kingdom of God has come near to you. ¹⁰ But, whatever city you go into and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say: ¹¹ Even the dust from your city which clings to our feet we wipe off against you. But know this, that the kingdom of God has come near. ¹² I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the Sodomites on that day than for that city.

John 6.1-2.
¹ Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπῆλθεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Γαλιλαίας τῆς Τιβεριάδος. ² ἠκολούθει δὲ αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς, ὅτι ἐθεώρουν τὰ σημεῖα ἃ ἐποίει ἐπὶ τῶν ἀσθενούντων.
Extant: Ƿ⁶⁶ Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹ της Γαλιλαιας της Τιβεριαδος (Ƿ⁶⁶ Ƿ⁷⁵ א A B L W Δ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine) / της Γαλιλαιας εις τα μερη της Τιβεριαδος (D Θ). It appears that the original hand of Ƿ⁶⁶ has της Γαλιλαιας only. Some manuscripts and versions have της Τιβεριαδος only.
Eusebius 46. Word count: 26. Previous: John 5.1-47. Next: John 6.3-15.
¹ After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, of Tiberius. ² But a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he did for those who were sick.

{Matthew 9.37-38.}¤
{³⁷ Τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· Ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς, οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι· ³⁸ δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ.}
{³⁷ Then he says to his disciples: The harvest is great, but the workers few. ³⁸ Request of the Lord of the harvest therefore that he might cast out workers into his harvest.}

{John 4.35.}
{³⁵ Οὐχ ὑμεῖς λέγετε ὅτι, Ἔτι τετράμηνός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ θερισμὸς ἔρχεται; ἰδοὺ, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐπάρατε τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ θεάσασθε τὰς χώρας ὅτι λευκαί εἰσιν πρὸς θερισμόν.}
{³⁵ Do you not say: There are yet four months, and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the country fields, that they are white for harvest.}

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