Matthew - Chapter 10 | English Standard Version

  • 1. And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
  • 2. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; 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 Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
  • 5. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, {cf6 "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,}
  • 6. {cf6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.}
  • 7. {cf6 And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'}
  • 8. {cf6 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.}
  • 9. {cf6 Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts,}
  • 10. {cf6 no bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.}
  • 11. {cf6 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.}
  • 12. {cf6 As you enter the house, greet it.}
  • 13. {cf6 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.}
  • 14. {cf6 And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.}
  • 15. {cf6 Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.}
  • 16. {cf6 "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.}
  • 17. {cf6 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,}
  • 18. {cf6 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.}
  • 19. {cf6 When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.}
  • 20. {cf6 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.}
  • 21. {cf6 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,}
  • 22. {cf6 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.}
  • 23. {cf6 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.}
  • 24. {cf6 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.}
  • 25. {cf6 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.}
  • 26. {cf6 "So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.}
  • 27. {cf6 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.}
  • 28. {cf6 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.}
  • 29. {cf6 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.}
  • 30. {cf6 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.}
  • 31. {cf6 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.}
  • 32. {cf6 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,}
  • 33. {cf6 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.}
  • 34. {cf6 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.}
  • 35. {cf6 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.}
  • 36. {cf6 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.}
  • 37. {cf6 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.}
  • 38. {cf6 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.}
  • 39. {cf6 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.}
  • 40. {cf6 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.}
  • 41. {cf6 The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.}
  • 42. {cf6 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward."}
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