Matthew 10
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1And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.Select Matthew 10:1
2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;Select Matthew 10:2
3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;Select Matthew 10:3
4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.Select Matthew 10:4
5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter you not:Select Matthew 10:5
6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Select Matthew 10:6
7And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.Select Matthew 10:7
8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give.Select Matthew 10:8
9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,Select Matthew 10:9
10Nor money for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.Select Matthew 10:10
11And into whatever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go there.Select Matthew 10:11
12And when you come into an house, salute it.Select Matthew 10:12
13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come on it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.Select Matthew 10:13
14And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.Select Matthew 10:14
15Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. ¶Select Matthew 10:15
16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Select Matthew 10:16
17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues;Select Matthew 10:17
18And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.Select Matthew 10:18
19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak.Select Matthew 10:19
20For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.Select Matthew 10:20
21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.Select Matthew 10:21
22And you shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.Select Matthew 10:22
23But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.Select Matthew 10:23
24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.Select Matthew 10:24
25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?Select Matthew 10:25
26Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.Select Matthew 10:26
27What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on the housetops.Select Matthew 10:27
28And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.Select Matthew 10:28
29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.Select Matthew 10:29
30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Select Matthew 10:30
31Fear you not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.Select Matthew 10:31
32Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.Select Matthew 10:32
33But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.Select Matthew 10:33
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.Select Matthew 10:34
35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.Select Matthew 10:35
36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.Select Matthew 10:36
37He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.Select Matthew 10:37
38And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me.Select Matthew 10:38
39He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. ¶Select Matthew 10:39
40He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.Select Matthew 10:40
41He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.Select Matthew 10:41
42And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.Select Matthew 10:42
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