10Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.G2532G4341G846G1427G3101G1325G846G1849G169G4151G5620G1544G846G1544G2532G2323G3956G3554G2532G3956G3119 2Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter's brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James's brother),G1161G3686G1427G652G2076G5023G4413G4613G3588G3004G4074G2532G406G846G80G2385G3588G2199G2532G2491G846G80 3Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus,G5376G2532G918G2381G2532G3156G5057G2385G3588G256G2532G3002G1941G2280 4Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).G4613G2581G2532G2455G2469G3588G2532G3860G846 5Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: "Don't go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,G5128G1427G2424G649G3853G846G3004G565G3361G1519G3598G1484G2532G1519G4172G4541G1525G3361 6but only to the people of Israel—God's lost sheep.G1161G4198G3123G4314G622G4263G3624G2474 7Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.G1161G4198G2784G3004G3754G932G3772G1448 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!G2323G770G2511G3015G1453G3498G1544G1140G1432G2983G1432G1325 9"Don't take any money in your money belts—no gold, silver, or even copper coins.G2932G3361G5557G3366G696G3366G5475G1519G5216G2223 10Don't carry a traveler's bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don't hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.G3361G4082G1519G3598G3366G1417G5509G3366G5266G3366G4464G1063G2040G2076G514G846G5160 11"Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.G1161G1519G302G3739G4172G2228G2968G1525G1833G5101G1722G846G2076G514G2546G3306G302G2193G1831 12When you enter the home, give it your blessing.G1161G1525G1519G3614G782G846 13If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.G2532G1437G3303G3614G5600G514G5216G1515G2064G1909G846G1161G3362G5600G3362G514G5216G1515G1994G4314G5209 14If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.G2532G3739G1209G3362G1209G5209G3366G191G5216G3056G1831G1565G3614G2228G4172G1621G2868G5216G4228 15I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.G281G3004G5213G2071G414G1093G4670G2532G1116G1722G2250G2920G2228G1565G4172 16"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.G2400G1473G649G5209G649G5613G4263G1722G3319G3074G1096G3767G5429G5613G3789G2532G185G5613G4058 17But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.G1161G4337G575G444G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G3146G5209G1722G846G4864 18You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.G2532G71G1909G2232G2532G1161G935G1752G1700G1519G3142G846G2532G1484 19When you are arrested, don't worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.G1161G3752G3860G5209G3860G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G2980G1063G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5101G2980 20For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G4151G5216G3962G3588G2980G1722G5213 21"A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G2289 22And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G3686G1161G3778G5278G1519G5056G4982 23When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.G1161G3752G1377G5209G1722G5026G4172G5343G1519G243G1063G281G3004G5213G5055G3364G5055G4172G2474G2193G5207G444G302G2064 24"Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.G3101G2076G3756G5228G1320G3761G1401G5228G846G2962 25Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, the members of my household will be called by even worse names!G713G3101G2443G1096G5613G846G1320G2532G1401G5613G846G2962G1487G2564G3617G954G4214G3123G846G3615 26"But don't be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.G5399G846G3361G3767G1063G2076G3762G2572G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G1097 27What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!G3739G3004G5213G1722G4653G2036G1722G5457G2532G3739G191G1519G3775G2784G1909G1430 28"Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.G2532G5399G575G3361G3588G615G4983G1161G1410G3361G1410G615G5590G1161G3123G5399G3588G1410G622G2532G5590G2532G4983G1722G1067 29What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.G4453G3780G1417G4765G4453G787G2532G1520G1537G846G4098G3756G4098G1909G1093G427G5216G3962 30And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.G1161G2532G2359G5216G2776G1526G3956G705 31So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.G5399G3361G3767G5210G1308G4183G4765 32"Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.G3956G3748G3767G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G2504G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G3772 33But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.G1161G3748G302G720G3165G1715G444G846G2504G720G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G3772 34"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.G3543G3361G3754G2064G906G1515G1909G1093G2064G3756G906G1515G235G3162 35'I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.G1063G2064G1369G444G1369G2596G846G3962G2532G2364G2596G846G3384G2532G3565G2596G846G3994 36Your enemies will be right in your own household!'G2532G444G2190G846G3615 37"If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.G5368G3962G2228G3384G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G3450G2532G5368G5207G2228G2364G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G3450 38If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.G2532G3739G2983G3756G846G4716G2532G190G3694G3450G2076G3756G514G3450 39If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.G2147G846G5590G622G846G2532G622G846G5590G1700G1752G2147G846 40"Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.G1209G5209G1209G1691G2532G1209G1691G1209G649G3165 41If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs.G1209G4396G1519G3686G4396G2983G4396G3408G2532G2983G1342G1519G3686G1342G1209G1342G3408 42And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded."G2532G3739G1437G4222G1520G5130G3398G4221G5593G3440G1519G3686G3101G281G3004G5213G3364G622G846G3408
11When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region.G2532G1096G3753G2424G5055G1299G846G1427G3101G3327G1564G1321G2532G2784G1722G846G4172 2John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,G1161G2491G191G1722G1201G2041G5547G3992G1417G846G3101 3"Are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?"G2036G846G1488G4771G2064G2228G4328G2087 4Jesus told them, "Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen?G2424G611G2532G2036G846G4198G518G2491G518G3739G191G2532G991 5the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.G5185G308G2532G5560G4043G3015G2511G2532G2974G191G3498G1453G2532G4434G2097 6And tell him, 'God blesses those who do not turn away because of me.'"G2532G3107G2076G3739G4624G3362G4624G1722G1698 7As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. "What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?G1161G5130G4198G2424G756G3004G3793G4012G2491G5101G1831G1519G2048G2300G2563G4531G5259G417 8Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces.G235G5101G1831G1492G444G294G1722G3120G2440G2400G5409G3120G1526G1722G935G3624 9Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.G235G5101G1831G1492G4396G3483G3004G5213G2532G4055G4396 10John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.'G1063G3778G2076G4012G3739G1125G2400G1473G649G3450G32G4253G4675G4383G3739G2680G4675G3598G1715G4675 11"I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!G281G3004G5213G1722G1084G1135G1453G3756G1453G3187G2491G910G1161G3398G1722G932G3772G2076G3187G846 12And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it.G1161G575G2250G2491G910G2193G737G932G3772G971G2532G973G726G846G726 13For before John came, all the prophets and the law of Moses looked forward to this present time.G1063G3956G4396G2532G3551G4395G2193G2491 14And if you are willing to accept what I say, he is Elijah, the one the prophets said would come.G2532G1487G2309G1209G846G2076G2243G3588G3195G2064 15Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!G2192G3775G191G191 16"To what can I compare this generation? It is like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends,G1161G5101G3666G5026G1074G2076G3664G3808G2521G1722G58G2532G4377G846G2083 17'We played wedding songs, and you didn't dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn't mourn.'G2532G3004G832G5213G2532G3738G3756G3738G2354G5213G2532G2875G3756G2875 18For John didn't spend his time eating and drinking, and you say, 'He's possessed by a demon.'G1063G2491G2064G3383G2068G3383G4095G2532G3004G2192G1140 19The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, 'He's a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!' But wisdom is shown to be right by its results."G5207G444G2064G2068G2532G4095G2532G3004G2400G444G5314G2532G3630G5384G5057G2532G268G2532G4678G1344G575G846G5043 20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many of his miracles, because they hadn't repented of their sins and turned to God.G5119G756G3679G4172G1722G3739G4118G846G1411G1096G3754G3340G3756 21"What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.G3759G4671G5523G3759G4671G966G3754G1487G1411G3588G1096G1722G5213G1096G1722G5184G2532G4605G3340G302G3819G1722G4526G2532G4700 22I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.G4133G3004G5213G2071G414G5184G2532G4605G1722G2250G2920G2228G5213 23"And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.G2532G4771G2584G3588G5312G2193G3772G2601G2193G86G3754G1487G1411G3588G1096G1722G4671G1096G1722G4670G302G3306G3360G4594 24I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you."G4133G3004G5213G3754G2071G414G1093G4670G1722G2250G2920G2228G4671 25At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.G1722G1565G2540G2424G611G2036G1843G4671G3962G2962G3772G2532G1093G3754G613G5023G575G4680G2532G4908G2532G601G846G3516 26Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!G3483G3962G3754G3779G1096G2107G4675G1715 27"My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."G3956G3860G3427G5259G3450G3962G2532G3762G1921G5207G1508G3962G3761G1921G5100G3962G1508G5207G2532G3739G1437G5207G1014G601 28Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.G1205G4314G3165G3956G2872G2532G5412G2504G373G5209G373 29Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.G142G3450G2218G1909G5209G2532G3129G575G1700G3754G1510G4235G2532G5011G2588G2532G2147G372G5216G5590 30For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."G1063G3450G2218G5543G2532G3450G5413G2076G1645
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