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Matthew Chapter 10 010:001 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 010:002 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these.
The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 010:003 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was{NU omits "Lebbaeus, whose surname was"} Thaddaeus; 010:004 Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 010:005 Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
010:006 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 010:007 As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' 010:008 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers{TR adds ", raise the dead"}, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 010:009 Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts. 010:010 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
010:011 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on. 010:012 As you enter into the household, greet it. 010:013 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you. 010:014 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
010:015 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 010:016 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 010:017 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 010:018 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
010:019 But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 010:020 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 010:021 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 010:022 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
010:023 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come. 010:024 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 010:025 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
010:026 Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known. 010:027 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 010:028 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul.
Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.} 010:029 "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin{An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius (approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor).}? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will, 010:030 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 010:031 Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
010:032 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 010:033 But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven. 010:034 "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword. 010:035 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
010:036 A man's foes will be those of his own household.{Micah 7:6} 010:037 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. 010:038 He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me. 010:039 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. 010:040 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
010:041 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 010:042 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."