• “Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16b, NKJV). • “I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves” (Matthew 10:16a, NKJV). • “These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” (Matthew 10:5-7, NKJV). • “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21, NKJV). • “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10, NKJV). • “As the Father has sent Me, I also send you” (John 20:21, NKJV). • “The Lord is…longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9, NKJV).