King James Version
Luke 10:3 in the King James Version says “Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.”
Luke 10:3 · KJV
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.
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.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Go your ways”
G5217to lead (oneself) under, i.e., withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively
“forth”
G649set apart, i.e., (by implication) to send out (properly, on a mission) literally or figuratively
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