Matthew 10:39 - Prayer Tents

Matthew 10

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

10He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.G2532G4341G846G1427G3101G1325G846G1849G169G4151G5620G1544G846G1544G2532G2323G3956G3554G2532G3956G31192These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;G1161G3686G1427G652G2076G5023G4413G4613G3588G3004G4074G2532G406G846G80G2385G3588G2199G2532G2491G846G803Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;G5376G2532G918G2381G2532G3156G5057G2385G3588G256G2532G3002G1941G22804Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.G4613G2581G2532G2455G2469G3588G2532G3860G8465These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.G5128G1427G2424G649G3853G846G3004G565G3361G1519G3598G1484G2532G1519G4172G4541G1525G33616Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.G1161G4198G3123G4314G622G4263G3624G24747As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'G1161G4198G2784G3004G3754G932G3772G14488Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.G2323G770G2511G3015G1453G3498G1544G1140G1432G2983G1432G13259Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts;G2932G3361G5557G3366G696G3366G5475G1519G5216G222310take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.G3361G4082G1519G3598G3366G1417G5509G3366G5266G3366G4464G1063G2040G2076G514G846G516011"Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave.G1161G1519G302G3739G4172G2228G2968G1525G1833G5101G1722G846G2076G514G2546G3306G302G2193G183112As you enter the home, give it your greeting.G1161G1525G1519G3614G782G84613If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.G2532G1437G3303G3614G5600G514G5216G1515G2064G1909G846G1161G3362G5600G3362G514G5216G1515G1994G4314G520914If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.G2532G3739G1209G3362G1209G5209G3366G191G5216G3056G1831G1565G3614G2228G4172G1621G2868G5216G422815I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.G281G3004G5213G2071G414G1093G4670G2532G1116G1722G2250G2920G2228G1565G417216I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.G2400G1473G649G5209G649G5613G4263G1722G3319G3074G1096G3767G5429G5613G3789G2532G185G5613G405817"Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.G1161G4337G575G444G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G3146G5209G1722G846G486418On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.G2532G71G1909G2232G2532G1161G935G1752G1700G1519G3142G846G2532G148419But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,G1161G3752G3860G5209G3860G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G2980G1063G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5101G298020for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G4151G5216G3962G3588G2980G1722G521321"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G228922All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G3686G1161G3778G5278G1519G5056G498223When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.G1161G3752G1377G5209G1722G5026G4172G5343G1519G243G1063G281G3004G5213G5055G3364G5055G4172G2474G2193G5207G444G302G206424"A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.G3101G2076G3756G5228G1320G3761G1401G5228G846G296225It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, how much more the members of his household!G713G3101G2443G1096G5613G846G1320G2532G1401G5613G846G2962G1487G2564G3617G954G4214G3123G846G361526"So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.G5399G846G3361G3767G1063G2076G3762G2572G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G109727What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.G3739G3004G5213G1722G4653G2036G1722G5457G2532G3739G191G1519G3775G2784G1909G143028Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.G2532G5399G575G3361G3588G615G4983G1161G1410G3361G1410G615G5590G1161G3123G5399G3588G1410G622G2532G5590G2532G4983G1722G106729Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.G4453G3780G1417G4765G4453G787G2532G1520G1537G846G4098G3756G4098G1909G1093G427G5216G396230And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.G1161G2532G2359G5216G2776G1526G3956G70531So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.G5399G3361G3767G5210G1308G4183G476532"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.G3956G3748G3767G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G2504G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G377233But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.G1161G3748G302G720G3165G1715G444G846G2504G720G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G377234"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.G3543G3361G3754G2064G906G1515G1909G1093G2064G3756G906G1515G235G316235For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—G1063G2064G1369G444G1369G2596G846G3962G2532G2364G2596G846G3384G2532G3565G2596G846G399436a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'G2532G444G2190G846G361537"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;G5368G3962G2228G3384G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G3450G2532G5368G5207G2228G2364G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G345038and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.G2532G3739G2983G3756G846G4716G2532G190G3694G3450G2076G3756G514G345039Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.G2147G846G5590G622G846G2532G622G846G5590G1700G1752G2147G84640"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives the one who sent me.G1209G5209G1209G1691G2532G1209G1691G1209G649G316541Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.G1209G4396G1519G3686G4396G2983G4396G3408G2532G2983G1342G1519G3686G1342G1209G1342G340842And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."G2532G3739G1437G4222G1520G5130G3398G4221G5593G3440G1519G3686G3101G281G3004G5213G3364G622G846G3408