Matthew 10

Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles

10Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.G2532G4341G846G1427G3101G1325G846G1849G169G4151G5620G1544G846G1544G2532G2323G3956G3554G2532G3956G31192These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;G1161G3686G1427G652G2076G5023G4413G4613G3588G3004G4074G2532G406G846G80G2385G3588G2199G2532G2491G846G803Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;G5376G2532G918G2381G2532G3156G5057G2385G3588G256G2532G3002G1941G22804Simon the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed Jesus.G4613G2581G2532G2455G2469G3588G2532G3860G846

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Disciples

5These were the twelve disciples whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these instructions: "Don't turn on to the road that leads to the gentiles, and don't enter Samaritan towns.G5128G1427G2424G649G3853G846G3004G565G3361G1519G3598G1484G2532G1519G4172G4541G1525G33616Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel.G1161G4198G3123G4314G622G4263G3624G24747As you go, make this announcement: 'The kingdom of heaven is near!'G1161G4198G2784G3004G3754G932G3772G14488Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment.G2323G770G2511G3015G1453G3498G1544G1140G1432G2983G1432G13259Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,G2932G3361G5557G3366G696G3366G5475G1519G5216G222310or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, or sandals, or a walking stick, because a worker deserves his food.G3361G4082G1519G3598G3366G1417G5509G3366G5266G3366G4464G1063G2040G2076G514G846G516011"Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive in it and stay there until you leave.G1161G1519G302G3739G4172G2228G2968G1525G1833G5101G1722G846G2076G514G2546G3306G302G2193G183112As you enter the house, greet its occupants.G1161G1525G1519G3614G782G84613If the household is receptive, let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, let your blessing of peace return to you.G2532G1437G3303G3614G5600G514G5216G1515G2064G1909G846G1161G3362G5600G3362G514G5216G1515G1994G4314G520914If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.G2532G3739G1209G3362G1209G5209G3366G191G5216G3056G1831G1565G3614G2228G4172G1621G2868G5216G422815I tell you with certainty, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!"G281G3004G5213G2071G414G1093G4670G2532G1116G1722G2250G2920G2228G1565G4172

Future Persecutions

16"See, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.G2400G1473G649G5209G649G5613G4263G1722G3319G3074G1096G3767G5429G5613G3789G2532G185G5613G405817Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.G1161G4337G575G444G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G3146G5209G1722G846G486418You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to the gentiles.G2532G71G1909G2232G2532G1161G935G1752G1700G1519G3142G846G2532G148419When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say, because in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.G1161G3752G3860G5209G3860G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G2980G1063G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5101G298020It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G4151G5216G3962G3588G2980G1722G521321"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G228922You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G3686G1161G3778G5278G1519G5056G498223So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, because I tell you with certainty that you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.G1161G3752G1377G5209G1722G5026G4172G5343G1519G243G1063G281G3004G5213G5055G3364G5055G4172G2474G2193G5207G444G302G206424"A disciple is not above his teacher, and a slave is not above his master.G3101G2076G3756G5228G1320G3761G1401G5228G846G296225It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"G713G3101G2443G1096G5613G846G1320G2532G1401G5613G846G2962G1487G2564G3617G954G4214G3123G846G3615

Fear God

26"So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.G5399G846G3361G3767G1063G2076G3762G2572G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G109727What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered in your ear you must shout from the housetops.G3739G3004G5213G1722G4653G2036G1722G5457G2532G3739G191G1519G3775G2784G1909G143028Stop being afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.G2532G5399G575G3361G3588G615G4983G1161G1410G3361G1410G615G5590G1161G3123G5399G3588G1410G622G2532G5590G2532G4983G1722G106729"Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission.G4453G3780G1417G4765G4453G787G2532G1520G1537G846G4098G3756G4098G1909G1093G427G5216G396230Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted!G1161G2532G2359G5216G2776G1526G3956G70531So stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."G5399G3361G3767G5210G1308G4183G4765

Acknowledging the Messiah

32"Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.G3956G3748G3767G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G2504G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G377233But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven."G1161G3748G302G720G3165G1715G444G846G2504G720G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G3772

Not Peace, but Division

34"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!G3543G3361G3754G2064G906G1515G1909G1093G2064G3756G906G1515G235G316235I came to turn 'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.G1063G2064G1369G444G1369G2596G846G3962G2532G2364G2596G846G3384G2532G3565G2596G846G399436A person's enemies will include members of his own family.'G2532G444G2190G846G3615

The Cost of Discipleship

37"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.G5368G3962G2228G3384G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G3450G2532G5368G5207G2228G2364G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G345038The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.G2532G3739G2983G3756G846G4716G2532G190G3694G3450G2076G3756G514G345039The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."G2147G846G5590G622G846G2532G622G846G5590G1700G1752G2147G846

Rewards

40"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.G1209G5209G1209G1691G2532G1209G1691G1209G649G316541The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.G1209G4396G1519G3686G4396G2983G4396G3408G2532G2983G1342G1519G3686G1342G1209G1342G340842I tell you with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple will never lose his reward."G2532G3739G1437G4222G1520G5130G3398G4221G5593G3440G1519G3686G3101G281G3004G5213G3364G622G846G3408