Synoptic Sayings - Mission Instructions

MISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Matt		127	Mark 6	127	Luke 9
		8	He charged them	3	And he said to them,
[see Matt 10:10 below]			to take nothing		"Take nothing
			for their journey		for your journey,
			except a staff;		no staff,
			no bread,*		nor bag,*
			no bag,*		nor bread,*
			no <coins> in their belts;		nor money;
		9	but to wear sandals
			and not put on		and do not have
			two tunics.*		two tunics.*
		10	And he said to them,
			"Where	4	And whatever
[see Matt 10:11 below]			you enter a house,*		house you enter,*
			stay there		stay there,
			until you leave the place.		and from there depart.
[see Matt 10:14 below]		11	And if any place	5	And wherever
			will not receive you		they do not receive you,
			and they refuse
			to hear you,
			when you leave,		when you leave that town
			shake off the dust		shake off the dust
			that is on your feet		from your feet
			for a testimony		as a testimony
			against them."		against them."
		12	So they	6	And they departed
			went out		and went
					through the villages,
			and preached		preaching
			that men should repent.		the gospel
		13	And they cast out
			many demons,
			and anointed with oil
			many that were sick .
			and healed them.		and healing everywhere.
65	Matt 10	Mark		174	Luke 10
7	"And preach as you go,			3	"Go your way;
	saying,
	`The kingdom of heaven
	is at hand.'
	[see Matt 10:16 below]				behold,*
					I send you out as lambs*
					in the midst of wolves.*
8	Heal the sick,*				[see Luke 10:9 below]
	raise the dead,
	cleanse lepers,
	cast out demons.
	You received
	without paying,
	give without pay.
9	Take no gold,
	nor silver,
	nor copper in your belts,			4	Carry no purse,
10	no bag for your journey,	[see Mark 6:8 above]			no bag,
	nor two tunics,*
	nor <footwear>,				no <footwear>;
	nor a staff;
					and salute no one
					on the road.
	for the laborer deserves*				[see Luke 10:7c below]
	his food.
11	And whatever town*
	or village you enter,*
	find out who is worthy
	in it,
	and stay with him
	until you depart.
12	As you enter the house,			5	Whatever house you enter,
	salute it.				first say,
					`Peace be to this house!'
13	And if the house is worthy,			6	And if a son of peace is there,
	let your peace come				your peace shall rest
	upon it;				upon him;
	but if it is not worthy,				but if not,
	let your peace return				it shall return
	to you.				to you.
	[see Matt 10:11 above]	[see Mark 6:10 above]		7	And remain
					in the same house,
					eating and drinking
					what they provide,
	[see Matt 10:10e above]				for the laborer deserves*
					his wages;
					do not go from house
					to house.
				8	Whenever you enter a town*
					and they receive you,
					eat what is set before you;
	[see Matt 10:8 above]			9	heal the sick in it*
					and say to them,
	[see Matt 10:7 above]				`The kingdom of God
					has come near to you.'
		[see Mark 6:11 above]		10	But whenever you enter
					a town
14	And if any one				and they
	will not receive you				do not receive you,
	or listen to your words,
					go into its streets and say,
	shake off the dust			11	`Even the dust
					of your town
	from your feet				that clings to our feet,
					we wipe off against you;
					nevertheless know this,
					that the kingdom of God
					has come near.'
	as you leave that house.
	or town
15	Truly, I say to you,			12	I tell you,
	it shall be more tolerable				it shall be more tolerable
	on the day of judgment				on that day
	for the land of Sodom				for Sodom
	and Gomorrah
	than for that town.				than for that town.
16	Behold,*
	I send you out as sheep*				[see Luke 10:3 above]
	in the midst of wolves;*
	so be wise as serpents
	and innocent as doves.

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
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Red	Four texts use same vocabulary.
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
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Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
<coins>	RSV wording altered to reflect Greek
65	Sequence in synoptic outlines