[Matthew 10]

 

             ^10:1 And he called his twelve disciples and gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-then they are able to cast them forth, and to heal every disease and every illness.

 

             ^10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first is Simon, who is called^* Peter and Andrew his brother; James and John his brother, the sons of Zebedee; ^10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus, the one who had been surnamed Thaddaeus; ^10:4 Simon the Canaanite {Or: zealot. See Luk 6:15, Acts 1:13.} and Judas surnamed Iscariot {Luk 22:3.}, who also gave him up to the Jews.

 

             ^10:5 Jesus sent forth these twelve apostles and commanded them, saying, Do^° not go into any road of the Gentiles and do^° not enter into any city of the Samaritans; ^10:6 but travel^° rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ^10:7 Now while you^° are traveling, preach^°, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near. ^10:8 Heal^° the sick; cleanse^° the lepers; cast^° forth demons; you^° received freely; give^° freely. ^10:9 Do^° not procure gold, nor silver, nor brass coins ^*for your^° money belts; ^10:10 no knapsack ^*for your^° journey, neither two tunics nor shoes nor staffs; for^* the worker is worthy of his nourishment. ^10:11 Now into whatever city or village you^° enter, probe^° out who is worthy in it, and abide^° there until you^° should go. ^10:12 Now while entering into the house, greet^° it. ^10:13 And if indeed the house is worthy, let your^° peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your^° peace be returned to you^°. ^10:14 And whoever should not accept you^°, nor should hear your^° words, while you^° are going forth from the house or the city, shake-off^° the dust from your^° feet. ^10:15 Assuredly I am saying to you^°, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

 

             ^10:16 Behold, I am sending you^° forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, become^° prudent like serpents and harmless like doves. ^10:17 But take-heed^°, stay away from men; for^* they will be giving you^° up to councils, and they will be scourging you^° in their synagogues; ^10:18 and you^° will also be led in front of governors and kings because of me, ^*for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ^10:19 But whenever they may give you^° up, do^° not be anxious how or what you^° should speak; for^* it will be given to you^° in that hour what you^° will be speaking. ^10:20 For^* you^° are not the one speaking, but the Spirit of your^° Father who speaks in you^°. ^10:21 Now brother will be giving up brother to death and the father, the child and children will be standing up against parents and will be slaying them. ^10:22 And you^° will be hated by all people because of my name. But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved. ^10:23 But whenever they may persecute you^° in this city, flee^° into another; for^* assuredly I am saying to you^°, You^° should never complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.

 

             ^10:24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a bondservant above his lord. ^10:25 It is enough for the disciple that^* he should become like his teacher and the bondservant like his lord. If they called the householder Beelzebub, how-much more the kinfolk! ^10:26 Therefore, do^° not fear them; for^* nothing is being hidden, which will not be revealed, and nothing secret, which will not be known. ^10:27 What I am speaking to you^° in the darkness, speak^° in the light, and what you^° hear in your^° ear, preach^° upon the housetops. ^10:28 And do^° not have fear from the ones killing the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear^° the one who is able to destroy both the soul and the body in hell. ^10:29 Are two sparrows not sold for a copper-coin? And not one out-of them will be falling upon the earth without your^° Father knowing it; ^10:30 but even the hairs of your^° head are all being numbered. ^10:31 Therefore, do^° not fear, because you^° are carrying more-value-than many sparrows. ^10:32 Therefore, everyone who will confess to be in me before men, I will also confess to be in him before my Father, who is in the heavens. ^10:33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also be denying him before my Father who is in the heavens.

 

             ^10:34 Do^° not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I came, not to cast peace, but a sword. ^10:35 For^* I came to pit man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ^10:36 and, ‘A man’s enemies will be his own kinfolk.’ {Mic 7:6} ^10:37 He who loves his father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves his son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. ^10:38 And he who is not taking up his cross and following after me, is not worthy of me. ^10:39 He who has found his life will be losing it, and he who has lost his life because of me will be finding it.

 

             ^10:40 He who accepts you^°, accepts me; and he who accepts me, accepts the one who sent me. ^10:41 He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will be receiving a reward of a prophet, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will be receiving a righteous man’s reward. ^10:42 And whoever delivers only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I am saying to you^°, He should never lose his reward.