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A Disciple’s Task List
Matthew 9:35-10:8
CHAPTER 9
[Mt 9:35] Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

[36] Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. [37] Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. [38] “Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

CHAPTER 10
[1] Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

[2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; [3] Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; [4] Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

[5] These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; [6] but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [7] “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ [8] “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

Matthew 9:35
[Mt 9:35] Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

The Mission of Jesus—Our Mission
Jesus had one primary mission;

[Luke 4:18] “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, [19] To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”

Jesus was the bearer of salvation. He came—not only to bring the Good News of salvation—he was the Good News. Matthew tells us the three tools Jesus used to herald our release from captivity; preaching, teaching and healing. These verses by Matthew were designed to show us that this was not just Jesus’ responsibility. That, as followers, we cannot delegate our responsibility to participate in the harvest to anyone else. To call ourselves Christ-Followers is to live a life that proclaims, teaches and heals—the poor, the captives, the blind and the downtrodden.

Preach, Teach and Heal
These gifts are meant to be offered as a trinity of salvation. Offering only one gift without the trinity of Christ is futile—even damaging. Let’s look at the blend of gifts on this three-legged stool:

To Preach
Preaching or Proclaiming [kerusso], meant to shout out! Obviously, you must have a living passion for something if you want to shout it out to others. You can’t hold the message within you. So often our faces don’t reflect someone who has been saved from eternal horror. When we moved by the Spirit to share the message that has broken our heart—God rises in joy as we proclaim him. It would be wrong to try to control that joy.

Preachers/Proclaimers need not be eloquent—they need to be impassioned! Our best proclamations happen in simple conversations.

True preaching often leads to an invitation or an action. For Jesus, conversations often ended with followers asking him to stay or if they could follow him. Do people ask met to stay and share more time with them?

(23) When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder, (24) He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

(25) But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. (26) This news spread throughout all that land.

To Teach
In Christ’s day, teaching meant to follow a master teacher [didasko—the root word of disciple] and to live with him. The Christian Educator, John Westerhoff, once stated; “ the teacher IS the curriculum,” that is surely how Jesus taught.

True teaching meant asking someone to share in an cxtendcd relationship with you, o face trials and joys by your side, to know your heart—and your life—by seeing it practiced in everyday application.

Preaching led to teaching—but teaching led to healing.

To Heal:
The word, healing [therapeuo], is more akin to our word “therapy” than the medical concept of healing. We often think of surgery or medication. In actuality, healing meant spending time with someone and helping them recover from an injury or, in this case, an injurious way of living. Religion [religare], was. also a medical term meaing rebinding a torn ligament.

Christ spent time with torn people. People torn from their God by the religion of their day and the oppression of worldly acts. He taught them how to rebind their lives through prayer, forgiveness and invitation of the power of the Holy Spirit into their daily life.

Jesus did not heal surgically. He didn’t enter someone’s life, remove a disease and then leave them to figure out for themselves what to do next. He called people into ongoing relationship. In fact, his mission would eventually call him to the cross. He had to make the sacrifice so the bridge of the relationship between God and Christ could be extended to all who had been “cut off” due to sinfulness.

Each of these words must be seen in the context of our separation from God and our separation from each other. God has the power to heal those wounds in a true community of the Holy Spirit. We are called to live together in ultimate relationship; the relationship made available by the one who proclaimed, taught and healed.

Matthew 9:36-38
[36] Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. [37] Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. [38] “Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

God became sick to his stomach with love
Here is an incredible concept that we need to understand if we are to know the heart of our God. All too often, we have depicted before us a God of vengeance and hate. A God who is like a mean Santa Claus counting up our sins because all fall short of the dignity of God.

Yet, to know Christ is to know God, and this verse gives us an insight into the deep passionate love that God has for us—his people. While many translations tell us that Jesus felt compassion for the poor, the literal word [splagchnizomai] is quite graphic. It is to have your bowels go weak—to have your stomach turn over—and incredibly, it wasn’t in repulsion to such vile creatures as us. Jesus gets sick to his stomach over the despair of his people.

That is a picture of our God. This is not a God of hatred who could only be satisfied by the bloody offering of his own son—who agreed to die on our behalf. The Trinity is not like a “Good Cop / Bad Cop” scenario. God knew from the first breath of creation.that he would have to offer his son. He knew this because he also knew that love was—in the end—a choice and we would often fail to love Him. God breathed resurrection before he breathed us!

The plan of creation wasn’t happenstance, it wasn’t made up as God went along. It wasn’t changed mid-stream to accommodate our failure. It was consistent throughout history and will be consistent. God knew we would fall and God was prepared before we took that path.

The God who loved enough to offer his own son is revealed in the “gut-level” pain of Jesus Christ. It is still his response to our sin. Not abhorrence (“You make me sick to my stomach”) but empathy, “I will die for you.”

Sinners or Sheep?
As Jesus looks upon the lost, he sees the pain of defeated souls and instinctively becomes the loving shepherd. The Pharisees saw something totally different. They saw sinners to be reviled and cast out. The biblical truth in this passage is subtle but clear; what we see when we look at the lost is the treatment that we receive in kind from God. Do I look upon the poor, the deserted or imprisoned as the harvest? Or, do I see them as the dross? Something to avoid and condemn. Is there anyone with whom I have the audacity to claim that I am reviled by their presence? Anyone that I turn away from in anger, disgust or even pity? Is there anyone I would reject because they are beneath my dignity?

I must always remember that I am beneath God’s dignity. Yet, rather than running from sinners—the lost sheep—Jesus goes straight to us. He dines with sinners, he embraces sinners, teaches sinners, heals sinners—he shepherds sinners.

The only way to turn our anger into blessing is by invitation and by service. The Pharisees could never know God’s peace because they were never willing to offer it. What about me? How can I expect a peace that I am unwilling to offer? How can I expect to be loved if I am unwilling to love? Where is my forgiveness if I am unforgiving?

The Harvest
While some pastors sweat over their membership numbers. There are those who realize that there is no end in sight to the numbers we are to win for Christ. It is just where we look.

Most churches seek people with whom they are “comfortable.” If they look at all! Many still operate out of a belief that the door is wide open—but it’s the sinners responsibility to find it. On the off chance a sinner does show up—they are not welcome if they are not dressed in suit and tie. Cold stares do far more than confronting words to drive away the lost.

Yet, for those with the eyes of Christ. The opportunity to fill the church is beyond measure. Prisons are filled with need. Streets are rampant with the lonely. Rest homes are filled with the forgotten. How can one be Christian and be bored at the same time?

The harvest is great but Christ still calls for the laborers. Pray for them. Yet, remember, prayer also means making myself personally available. Which scythe am I wielding or am I waiting for the wheat to cut itself and fall through the church door?

Matthew 10:1
[1] Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

The Lord’s Style
You have to love the Lord’s style. He makes the statement; “Pray for the laborers.” Then, immediately turns to the disciples and states; “Oh by the way… pack your bags.” What is amazing is that these people had no classical preparation for this work. They were not theologians, prophets or even rabbi’s. Jesus didn’t take the cream of the crop from seminary nor did he take the best of the applicants with impressive resumes. He took less than mediocre men and gave them unbelievable tasks to accomplish.

Then, by his grace they set upon their mission with very little time and under great duress. The measure of a leader is not that he makes great men better—but that he makes ordinary men extraordinary.

There are the only two circumstances in which the Lord cannot use a person:

If he has a low opinion of himself and the Lord; “He can’t make something out of nothing and that nothing is me.”
Or, if a man has too high opinion of himself; “Who needs God? I am the original self-made man.”

The Lord calls us to the harvest and we must respond, “Yes, Lord,” or, “No.” Throughout the bible, many tried to respond; “I am ill-equipped.” However, in each case, the Lord turned that excuse into strength.

It is okay to offer up our excuses to God. However, only in the context of; “Lord, I obviously cannot do this alone.” The fact is that Jesus does send us to where we are incapable of going and each step towards that dark corner he equips us more and more. Still, how can we ever know this truth if we never leave our comfort zone?

The Lord equips the incompetent with competence

If you take the step of faith, if you go out in his name, Jesus will not only give you the power but also the authority to confront evil, disease and sickness. That means that whether you are a “stay-at-home mom,” an inmate reaching out to other inmates, or someone who has never heard about Jesus Christ until last week, the moment you step out in his name to preach, teach or heal—Jesus gives you his authority.

Let no one question your right to administer the Gospel and especially, do not question yourself. That is where the joy of serving Christ must take us; out to share the Great News of salvation!

You do not need the authority, degrees or titles of lhis world to serve Jesus Christ. You need the heart, compassion and willingness of our Lord.

In my own journey, I have learned that the more I step out in his name, the stronger my faith grows and the more my ability expands. If you start with faith—he will answer with competence.

Matthew 10:2-4
[2] Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; [3] Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; [4] Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

The original motley crew.
Seeking the most talented and the best qualified applicants is the usual method of developing a powerful outreach. If we were putting together a Board of Directors for “Jesus, Inc.,” is this who we would choose? Wouldn’t we think; “Well, we better have an expert in the law, a doctorate would be best. Let’s get a Pharisee. However, it won’t do to have a Pharisee without a scribe and a member of the Sanhedrin, the High Priest Elite. Do you think we could grab a Roman as well—we need one with a lot of power—but who can also work with those cantankerous Pharisee’s. Maybe we could get Pontius’ name behind it. Or, one of the Herod boys—they pull a lot of punch these days…”

Now, what would happen to your organization? How inclined to the downtrodden would it be? How open to hearing God at the beginning of each gathering, each meeting, each day would they be? Where would their source of power be located? What would their motives be to even serve on such a board?

Essentially, this would create just another entity that would mask public service with personal aggrandizement. I know, I did this once! In order to receive a grant for a street youth outreach in which I was involved, I asked for the Mayor, the City Manager, the Police Chief, the Superintendent and a well-respected Pastor. There first action was to take some of the hard earned money that the kids had raised for after school supplies and use it instead for board liability insurance. Only then did I realize that I had let the foxes into the hen house. The very people who were already creating the tensions in the city that had led to racial hostility—I had brought them into leadership! It was one of the hardest lessons I have ever learned.

Instead, Jesus calls the very ones who followed him first. Peter, James, Andrew and John just happened to be the first ones to follow Jesus. Of course, we know that very little, “just happens,” when it comes to God—but Jesus didn’t seek them—they were unqualified fishermen that followed Jesus.

We know that he sought Matthew—from behind a table where he collected the blood money of his own people. The other’s we know very little about. Yet, we do know something very incredible about a couple of these apostles. We know that it would be next to impossible for a Roman tax-collector and a Zealot (Simon) to be within eyeshot of each other. Matthew would be the most-hated enemy of Simon! Simon, as a Zealot (a radical Jewish terrorist) would be sworn to kill Matthew on sight.

What can we learn from this? The power of Jesus to supersede our hatred with his love.

We all come to dinner with dirty hands
At the Lord’s table, there may well be people whom we have deemed unworthy—but Christ has redeemed as holy (whole). If we say; “What is that man doing here?” Guess who Christ will protect? Will we get up and leave? Will we say they are not worthy of eating in our company?

That would have been the nature of Simon the Zealot. Imagine the fear Matthew must have felt the first night he slept at the same campfire where Simon made his bed too.

Yet, once Jesus took Matthew in, Simon had to accept him as well. The Zealot and the Tax-Collector, both had a singular bond in that they were sinners and needed Jesus.

I am a sinner. And, because there is no sliding scale to sin, I am on the same level as the greatest sinner. I am THE sinner. If Jesus bought me, how could I ever begrudge the love he would have to buy another?

At Christ’s table, we all come down the aisle as sinners. We are not to attend to our differences only this one similarity. We have all sinned and he died for us—while we were yet sinners. Any pride or haughtiness I feel towards another simply complicates and exacerbates my sinful state.

We can be sure that Simon probably turned to Jesus and said; “But, but, but—he is my sworn enemy!” To which Jesus replied; “He is my Tabitha, my little, lost lamb. If I love him, so must you.”

We can be sure Matthew said; “But, but, but—he will kill me if I turn my back on him.” To which Jesus replied; “Matthew, your doubt is turning your back on me. If I loved him, so must you.”

We call come to dinner with dirty hands. Everyone one of us have fingernails to hide. Each of us stained with sin. The miracle of Christ is that he asks us not to wash our own hands, but to wash someone else’s. There is the miracle! In washing someone else’s hands—ours become the cleanest!

Matthew 10:5-7
[5] These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; [6] but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. [7] “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

“Change the world—but clean your room first!”
This sounds like an exclusionary statement by Jesus. Do not go to the Gentiles or Samaritans, only to the lost sheep of Israel. Yet, it shows the wisdom of a good leader to not send his people out unequipped or under-trained. At this time, all ofnour Lord’s followers were Jewish, they did not know Gentile ways and could not (at this point) comprehend God’s love—even for the hated Samaritan’s. They were not equipped to go to the Gentiles.

Jesus is confident that their time will come—he knows his message will reach to the world—but he also knows that all things have an allotted time.

So, Jesus sends his frail followers out on a mission that will challenge them—yet, not overwhelm them. They go to the lost sheep of Israel.

Who was better equipped to reach the lost sheep—then sheep thad had been lost but found by Christ? No one was better prepared than this motley crew to share the Good News with alienated believers. For their Good News message would ring with the greatest truth that a Christian could ever state (or even has a right to state); “My friend, if Jesus could love me… he can love you. Come meet my Savior.”

Jesus wasn’t sending them to the ends of the Roman Empire. Jesus was sending them back to their own homes—the their own messy rooms. He was sending them back to the people they knew. He was sending the lost to the lost to share the message of being found.

It wasn’t so much the message of; “The Kingdom is at hand,” as it really was; “Come hold the hand of the Messiah—come meet my friend.”

It is an error in Christianity for us to believe that we only serve when we go to a land far away or a culture about which we have no knowledge. Everyday, Christ is willing to send us to the shopping market, to the baseball field, to the dining room, even to stand in front of the television in our own living rooms and say; “I have found joy in the presence of Jesus—come with me.”

Christ has poured out his Spirit upon the church. Bring others. Bring them to community!

Yet, remember, that before we can offer community—we must first be community. Too many Christian dining tables have too many Simon the Zealots and Matthew the Tax Collectors. We need to clean up our own room. We need to hear Jesus pronounce; “He’s not Simon the Zealot… he is Simon, my brother.” “He’s not Matthew the Tax Collector… he’s Matthew, my friend.”

Perhaps the greatest work of our life will be to forgive others at our own dinner table—so that those who come to eat with Jesus will not have to witness the discourteous behavior of his children.

Let’s change the world—but let’s pick up our room first!

Matthew 10:8
[8] “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

“A Disciple’s Task List”
Is your calendar a little full this morning? Have you checked it to see if it meshes with God’s agenda for your day? In between, writing letters, making phone calls and stopping at the store—did you also put in; “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons?”

This wasn’t a—”Would you mind...?”—of Jesus. This wasn’t a—”If you have a moment...?”—of our Lord. This was a direct command! “We were loved for free! We were made whole in the “one price—grace for all” sale. Now we must go and give as we received!

Freely received, freely given!
It is important to understand here, that the Lord never gives us a command for his sake. When I asked my son at the age of six to help me with the car—it wasn’t because of the expertise and dexterity he had to offer me. Chasing after lost tools, missing washers and retrieving army men from the oil pan—that wasn’t for my sake. Every command I gave him was for his growth. I took my son out to increase his confidence and ability around cars. So, that if he wanted to take a mechanics class, he wouldn’t think; “Well, I’ve never been around cars before.”

We take our children out to teach them and to increase their confidence. Jesus did this same thing with his disciples. This command is for our sake—not his. We are to prioritize Christ’s tasks in our day, seeking opportunities to allow his task list to supersede ours.

A dramatic change in ministry
At this moment, Christ’s outreach to his disciples makes a dramatic change. From solely modeling the behavior he wishes to see in his disciples to delegating his authority to those followers. He moves from, “Come and See,” to, “Go and Do.”

Christ must make this dramatic shift in our lives as well if we are to grow. Many churches are full of floundering believers because they have not accepted this transition—or even demanded it of their leaders. A healthy Christian leader will demand this of his people and a healthy Christian will demand this of their leadership. Muscles that are not worked experience atrophy and become like dead wood, indeed they become a burden to the body. Spiritual gifts that are not actively employed become anchors—not sails. There is probably no greater threat to the growth of a church or the spreading of the Gospel than the Christian who is too comfortable in their own pew!

If Jesus had not continually challenged the apostles to, “Go and do,” they would have become an admiration society and an exclusive club. Jesus would not have been a leader—just another egotistical personality—and his followers would have focused more on their place in the kingdom than their ministry to others. As it was, this attitude was hard enough for Christ to break in his followers.

We must, “go and do,” to “grow and lead.”

But I can’t…
Do you find yourself saying; “But I can’t heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers or cast out demons.”

Excellent! The strong Christian is the one who responds, “I can’t do this…” then goes out to does it anyway. It is when we say that, “I can’t do this,” and still go out that Christ begins his most magnificent work in us. When we realize that we are doing things that are totally beyond our capability, then we give glory unto God. In the process, we become more reliant on Him and yet, more bold in His name!

The truth is each of us can do these things—and must—on a daily basis. We can:

Heal the sick
Remember, to heal the sick [therapeuo], means to spend time with them. The greatest healing is when someone who is ill turns their pain over to God. Instead of focusing on self—they focus on witnessing in every situation.

Yet, we also know that prayer does work in a very real and medically verifiable way. Even in studies where the ill did not know they were being prayed for during their illness! True healing is knowing that God can be with you in every circumstance.

Raise the dead
Who is dead in God’s sight? Those who are not in relationship with him not just in an eternal sense—but in a real and present sense. They are unable to experience the full gift of life because they are living outside his love.

I used to corner preachers who would rail on about hell and damnation to emotionally manipulate inmates. I would tell them; “How dare you profess to know more about hell than these men. They have experienced DT’s, overdoses, drug-induced horror dreams. They have more knowledge of evil in their minds than you have in your imagination. Jesus saved his hell talk for the Pharisees—not the down-trodden. What the inmates don’t know about is love. Don’t come back until you can tell them about his love for tax-collectors, lepers, the possessed, the poor.”

But you don’t have to be in a jail to see the living dead. You can look in church pews and see lives of desperation and confusion. Everywhere, there are people who lack a mission—who don’t know how Christ longs to employ their hearts at this very moment! Raising the dead should not threaten us in any manner. It should be an everyday occurrence for the Christ-follower.

Cleanse the Leper
Leper’s were anyone who was afflicted with a skin disease. We would do well to think of lepers as anyone who is more concerned about their appearance than their relationship with Jesus. These are the people trapped in the prison of personal vanity, possessions and titles. There is no freedom in these accouterments.

To cleanse the lepers today, is to free others (and ourselves) from worrying, “What will other’s think.” Cleansing is to free people from the unholy circle of constantly worrying about their appearance. It is freeing people to quit putting on airs and instead, to put on Jesus.

In a world of credit cards and commercials—the ultimate freedom a person may experience is the freedom of living a simple life that is not self-focused—but Christ focused. We must desire to bring the Good News to all that are sick, dying or insecure. The Good News that their wholeness lies not in impressing others but in knowing God.

Cast out demons
We have looked at this before in previous studies. Demons can be found in the habits that leave us powerless. They do not have to be addictions or horrific compulsions—it can be as simple as gossiping, disapproving countenances or sarcasm. It can be the habit of worry instead of prayer, self-pity and self-focus, the attitude of, “Why isn’t anyone paying attention to me.”

These subtle demons are more present and binding than some of the larger ones because they’re more prevalent and less recognizable. Yet, in the long-term, they are just as binding as addictions.

We cast out demons whenever we help people quit thinking about themselves and start thinking about bringing Christ’s love to others. Demons cannot exist in the atmosphere of Christian self-sacrifice.

The prayer of Saint Francis is a meditation that frequently helps me break these demonic cycles in my life. I have even re-written the prayer into a song so that I could sing it while I went from visit to visit;

Lord, make me an instrument make me a channel of your peace.
Lord, where there is hatred, where there is anger; let me bring love.

Oh Master of Love, help me to love, with all that I am in my soul.
Help me to listen to others in need and teach me to give, to selflessly give, to endlessly give ‘til I am free.

Lord, make me an instrument make me a channel of your peace.
For Lord, it is in giving and in forgiving, that we receive, the gift of your life, your eternal life.

When we make Christ’s mission into our mission, then we know the ultimate freedom. At those instances we are in the Kingdom, we are not waiting for it any longer. In those abundant moments, we know what it is to be filled with the rejoicing of our Savior and his indwelling Spirit.

Let us do as he commanded; [Matthew 10:8] “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

About the Author

Jerry Goebel is a community organizer who started ONEFamily Outreach in response to gang violence and youth alienation in a rural community in Southeastern Washington. Since that time, Jerry has worked with communities around the globe to break the systemic hold of poverty by enhancing the strengths of the poor.

A primary philosophy of ONEFamily Outreach is to teach; “poverty is a lack of healthy relationships.” And, a primary focus of ONEFamily Outreach has been to break down the barriers of poverty through creating “cultures of intentional courtesy.”

As well as having developed ongoing mentoring outreaches in his own community, Jerry travels extensively to work with church leaders, community governments, and educators.

Jerry has received five popular music awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, a Best Educational Video Award from the National Catholic Education Association, and a lifetime achievement award from the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry for living Gospel Values.

To contact or book Jerry for a presentation in your area write or call:

Jerry Goebel
ONEFamily Outreach
jerry@onefamilyoutreach.com
http://onefamilyoutreach.com
(509) 525-0709

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Scripture Quotations noted from NASB are from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION of the bible. Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer’s and Smith’s Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the “Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.” These files are public domain.

The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the “Theological Word Book of the Old Testament.” These files are considered public domain.