10Matthew 10

1Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.Select Matthew 10:1

2Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;Select Matthew 10:2

3Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;Select Matthew 10:3

4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.Select Matthew 10:4

5These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;Select Matthew 10:5

6but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race.Select Matthew 10:6

7And as you go, preach and say, `The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'Select Matthew 10:7

8Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, drive out demons: you have received without payment, give without payment.Select Matthew 10:8

9"Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry in your pockets;Select Matthew 10:9

10no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.Select Matthew 10:10

11"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.Select Matthew 10:11

12When you enter the house, salute it;Select Matthew 10:12

13and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.Select Matthew 10:13

14And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust from your feet.Select Matthew 10:14

15I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town.Select Matthew 10:15

16"Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.Select Matthew 10:16

17But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;Select Matthew 10:17

18and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.Select Matthew 10:18

19But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;Select Matthew 10:19

20for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.Select Matthew 10:20

21Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.Select Matthew 10:21

22And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.Select Matthew 10:22

23Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.Select Matthew 10:23

24"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.Select Matthew 10:24

25Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?Select Matthew 10:25

26Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.Select Matthew 10:26

27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.Select Matthew 10:27

28"And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.Select Matthew 10:28

29Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.Select Matthew 10:29

30But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.Select Matthew 10:30

31Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.Select Matthew 10:31

32"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.Select Matthew 10:32

33But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.Select Matthew 10:33

34"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.Select Matthew 10:34

35For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;Select Matthew 10:35

36and a man's own family will be his foes.Select Matthew 10:36

37Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;Select Matthew 10:37

38and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.Select Matthew 10:38

39To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.Select Matthew 10:39

40"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.Select Matthew 10:40

41Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.Select Matthew 10:41

42And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward."Select Matthew 10:42