Matthew 10
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1And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, the one called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, the one surnamed Thaddaeus; 4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, the one who also betrayed him. 5These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, saying: “Do not go off onto a road of the Gentiles, and do not enter into a city of the Samaritans; 6but go instead to the sheep, the lost ones, of the house of Israel. 7And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons; freely you received, freely give. 9Do not acquire gold, nor silver, nor copper for your belts, 10nor a traveler's bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the worker is worthy of his food. 11Whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you exit. 12As you enter into the household, greet it. 13And if indeed the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And whoever does not receive you nor hear your words, as you go out outside that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. 15Amen I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. 16“Look, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore become as wise as the serpents and as innocent as the doves. 17But beware of men; for they will hand you over to councils, and they will flog you in their synagogues; 18and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the nations. 19But when they hand you over, do not be anxious how or what you will say; for what you will say will be given to you in that hour. 20For it is not you who are the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is the one speaking in you. 21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father a child; and children will rise up against parents and put them to death. 22And you will be hated by all because of my name; but this one who endures to the end will be saved. 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for Amen I tell you, you will certainly not finish the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. 24“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his Lord. 25It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his Lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! 26Therefore do not fear them; for nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, and hidden that will not be known. 27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear into the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. 28And do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. 29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And not one of them will fall upon the ground apart from your Father. 30But of you, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31Therefore do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32“Everyone, therefore, who will confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens. 33But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens. 34“Do not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword. 35For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law; 36and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. 37The one who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. 38And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life for my sake will find it. 40“The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. 41The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 42And whoever gives one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, Amen I tell you, he will certainly not lose his reward.”
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