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Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

10Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evilc spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.G2532G4341G846G1427G3101G1325G846G1849G169G4151G5620G1544G846G1544G2532G2323G3956G3554G2532G3956G31192Here 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),G1161G3686G1427G652G2076G5023G4413G4613G3588G3004G4074G2532G406G846G80G2385G3588G2199G2532G2491G846G803Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeusc,G5376G2532G918G2381G2532G3156G5057G2385G3588G256G2532G3002G1941G22804Simon (the zealotc), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).G4613G2581G2532G2455G2469G3588G2532G3860G8465Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: "Don't go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,G5128G1427G2424G649G3853G846G3004G565G3361G1519G3598G1484G2532G1519G4172G4541G1525G33616but only to the people of Israel—God's lost sheep.G1161G4198G3123G4314G622G4263G3624G24747Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is nearc.G1161G4198G2784G3004G3754G932G3772G14488Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!G2323G770G2511G3015G1453G3498G1544G1140G1432G2983G1432G13259"Don't take any money in your money belts—no gold, silver, or even copper coins.G2932G3361G5557G3366G696G3366G5475G1519G5216G222310Don'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.G3361G4082G1519G3598G3366G1417G5509G3366G5266G3366G4464G1063G2040G2076G514G846G516011"Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.G1161G1519G302G3739G4172G2228G2968G1525G1833G5101G1722G846G2076G514G2546G3306G302G2193G183112When you enter the home, give it your blessing.G1161G1525G1519G3614G782G84613If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.G2532G1437G3303G3614G5600G514G5216G1515G2064G1909G846G1161G3362G5600G3362G514G5216G1515G1994G4314G520914If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.G2532G3739G1209G3362G1209G5209G3366G191G5216G3056G1831G1565G3614G2228G4172G1621G2868G5216G422815I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.G281G3004G5213G2071G414G1093G4670G2532G1116G1722G2250G2920G2228G1565G417216"Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.G2400G1473G649G5209G649G5613G4263G1722G3319G3074G1096G3767G5429G5613G3789G2532G185G5613G405817But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.G1161G4337G575G444G1063G3860G5209G3860G1519G4892G2532G3146G5209G1722G846G486418You 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 mec.G2532G71G1909G2232G2532G1161G935G1752G1700G1519G3142G846G2532G148419When 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.G1161G3752G3860G5209G3860G3309G3361G3309G4459G2228G5101G2980G1063G1325G5213G1722G1565G5610G5101G298020For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.G1063G2075G3756G5210G2980G235G4151G5216G3962G3588G2980G1722G521321"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.G1161G80G3860G80G1519G2288G2532G3962G5043G2532G5043G1881G1909G1118G2532G2289G846G228922And all nations will hate you because you are my followersc. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.G2532G2071G3404G5259G3956G1223G3450G3686G1161G3778G5278G1519G5056G498223When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Manc will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.G1161G3752G1377G5209G1722G5026G4172G5343G1519G243G1063G281G3004G5213G5055G3364G5055G4172G2474G2193G5207G444G302G206424"Studentsc are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.G3101G2076G3756G5228G1320G3761G1401G5228G846G296225Students 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 demonsc, the members of my household will be called by even worse names!G713G3101G2443G1096G5613G846G1320G2532G1401G5613G846G2962G1487G2564G3617G954G4214G3123G846G361526"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.G5399G846G3361G3767G1063G2076G3762G2572G3739G601G3756G601G2532G2927G3739G1097G3756G109727What 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!G3739G3004G5213G1722G4653G2036G1722G5457G2532G3739G191G1519G3775G2784G1909G143028"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 hellc.G2532G5399G575G3361G3588G615G4983G1161G1410G3361G1410G615G5590G1161G3123G5399G3588G1410G622G2532G5590G2532G4983G1722G106729What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coinc? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.G4453G3780G1417G4765G4453G787G2532G1520G1537G846G4098G3756G4098G1909G1093G427G5216G396230And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.G1161G2532G2359G5216G2776G1526G3956G70531So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.G5399G3361G3767G5210G1308G4183G476532"Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.G3956G3748G3767G3670G1722G1698G1715G444G1722G846G3670G2504G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G377233But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.G1161G3748G302G720G3165G1715G444G846G2504G720G1715G3450G3962G3588G1722G377234"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.G3543G3361G3754G2064G906G1515G1909G1093G2064G3756G906G1515G235G316235'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.G1063G2064G1369G444G1369G2596G846G3962G2532G2364G2596G846G3384G2532G3565G2596G846G399436Your enemies will be right in your own household!'cG2532G444G2190G846G361537"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.G5368G3962G2228G3384G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G3450G2532G5368G5207G2228G2364G5228G1691G2076G3756G514G345038If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.G2532G3739G2983G3756G846G4716G2532G190G3694G3450G2076G3756G514G345039If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.G2147G846G5590G622G846G2532G622G846G5590G1700G1752G2147G84640"Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.G1209G5209G1209G1691G2532G1209G1691G1209G649G316541If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for Godc, 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.G1209G4396G1519G3686G4396G2983G4396G3408G2532G2983G1342G1519G3686G1342G1209G1342G340842And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded."G2532G3739G1437G4222G1520G5130G3398G4221G5593G3440G1519G3686G3101G281G3004G5213G3364G622G846G3408


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