8: Jesus’ words at the end of this verse are quite important for the ministry. Miracles, preaching, and other works of the ministry, are not to be done for profit. No miracle may be bought. Free and free only is the cost. Preaching may not be bought. It is not to be influenced by money.…

7: The twelve were sent to preach the kingdom of heaven. It is correct to say that the Jews were, as prophesied, offered the Truth of the coming of the kingdom first. However, we must not get in our minds that their rejection somehow prevented God Almighty from doing what was best,, only to settle…

5: Obviously, Jesus was not at all against sharing the gospel with the gentiles, or the Samaritans. He ministered to both groups on occasion. This particular sending of his disciples was a way to fulfill Scripture. It was a Messianic act. It was to be a tip-off to the Jewish community that he was indeed the…

3: There are several lists of the twelve disciples. The others are found in Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, and Acts 1:13, 26. Though there is some variation in these lists, a couple of things are very consistent. For one thing, there are always three groups of four. These three groups always have three men at…

2: These twelve men were the ‘apostles’ that Jesus sent out. There was another time in which he sent out seventy at once. But, here it was only the twelve. These sent ones were likely sent out just as they are listed here, two by two. In this verse we see Peter and Andrew, James…

1: We should take note of a couple things here. First, we must not presume to do anything without Christ. He must supply the power and authority to do his work. We must remember that we are but helpers in the work, and not lords over it. Secondly, Jesus will always give us the power…

37: Jesus here expresses the need for more workers to match the great harvest of souls which lay before them. The need is always great. Never will a minister of Christ find no needs. Unless we fail to look, there will always be a great need for the gospel. If we think there is no need…

36: The multitudes came to Christ. The hurried masses of the common people assembled about their true hero. They recognized that Christ held the answers they could find nowhere else. He saw them in droves. He was not impressed by how many came, or by what they thought of him. This would be our thoughts.…

35: We would do well not to miss this verse. Though it contains no exciting stories, and appears only as a summary, yet it is a blessing as well. For one thing, we can see here that the ministry of Christ was widespread. He did not fail to get around to visiting places that might…

33: The key thing to recognize here is the crowd’s association of Jesus’ miracles with an exception in Jewish history. What they are literally saying is that Jesus did greater miracles than all who had gone before him. This response, though brought on by Jesus’ healing of the mute man with the demon, was likely…