The Bible

42 verses

Matthew Chapter 10

¹He 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.

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; ³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, called Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁶Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' ⁸Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁹Don't take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.

¹⁰Take no bag for your journey, neither two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹¹Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.

¹²As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹³If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴Whoever doesn't receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

¹⁵Most 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.

¹⁶"Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

¹⁷But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁸Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹But 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.

²⁰For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹"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.

²²You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²³But 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.

²⁴"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the householder Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁶So don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

²⁷What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁸Don'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.

²⁹"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.

³⁰But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹So don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³²So everyone who confesses me in front of people, I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³³But whoever denies me in front of people, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³⁴"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵For 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.

³⁶A man's foes will be those of his own household.

³⁷He 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.

³⁸He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me isn't worthy of me.

³⁹He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

⁴⁰"He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴¹He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

⁴²Whoever 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."