CHAPTER 10
And
calling
His
twelve
disciples to Him,
Jesus gave
them
authority over
unclean
spirits,
so that
they could drive them out
and
heal
every
disease
and
sickness.
These
are
the
names
of the
twelve
apostles:
first
Simon,
called
Peter,
and
his
brother
Andrew;
James
son
of
Zebedee,
and
his
brother
John;
Philip
and
Bartholomew;
Thomas
and
Matthew
the
tax collector;
James
son
of Alphaeus,
and
Thaddaeus;
These
twelve
Jesus
sent out
with the following
instructions:
“Do not
go
onto
the road
of the Gentiles
or
enter
any town
of the Samaritans.
Heal
the sick,
raise
the dead,
cleanse
the lepers,
drive out
demons.
Freely
you have received;
freely
give.
Take no
bag
for
the road,
or
second
tunic,
or
sandals,
or
staff;
for
the
worker
is worthy
of
his
provisions.
Whatever
town
or
village
you enter,
find out
who
is
worthy
and stay
at his house
until
you move on.
And
if anyone
will not welcome
you
or
heed
your
words,
shake
the
dust
off
your
feet
when you leave
that
home
or
town.
Truly
I tell
you,
it will be
more bearable
for Sodom
and
Gomorrah
on
the day
of judgment
than
for that
town.
Look,
I
am sending you out
like
sheep
among
wolves;
therefore
be
as shrewd
as
snakes
and
as innocent
as
doves.
But
beware
of
men;
for
they will hand you over
to
their councils
and
flog
you
in
their
synagogues.
On My account,
you will be brought
before
governors
and
kings
as
witnesses
to them
and
to the
Gentiles.
But
when
they hand you over,
do not
worry about
how to respond
or
what
to say.
In
that
hour
you
will be given
what
to say.
Brother
will betray
brother
to
death,
and
a father
his child;
children
will rise
against
their parents
and
have them put to death.
You will be
hated
by
everyone
on account of
My
name,
but
the one who
perseveres
to
the end
will be saved.
When
they persecute
you
in
one
town,
flee
to
the
next.
Truly
I tell
you,
you will not reach
all the
towns
of
Israel
before
the
Son
of
Man
comes.
It is enough
for
a disciple
to
be
like
his
teacher,
and
a
servant
like
his
master.
If
the
head of the house
has been called
Beelzebul,
how much
more
the members
of his
household!
So
do not be afraid
of them.
For
nothing
is
concealed
that
will not be uncovered,
or
hidden
that
will not be made known.
What
I tell
you
in
the
dark,
speak
in
the
light;
what
is whispered
in
your
ear,
proclaim
from
the
housetops.
Do not be afraid
of
those who
kill
the
body
but
cannot
kill
the
soul.
Instead,
fear
the One who
can
destroy
both
soul
and
body
in
hell.
Are not
two
sparrows
sold
for a penny?
Yet
not
one
of
them
will fall
to
the
ground
apart from the will
of your
Father.
Therefore
everyone
who
confesses
Me
before
men,
I will also confess
him
before
My
Father
in
heaven.
Do not
assume
that
I have come
to bring
peace
to
the
earth;
I have not come
to bring
peace,
but
a sword.
For
I have come
to turn
‘A man
against
his
father,
a daughter
against
her
mother,
a daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law.
Anyone who
loves
his father
or
mother
more than
Me
is
not
worthy
of Me;
anyone who
loves
his son
or
daughter
more than
Me
is
not
worthy
of Me;
Whoever
receives
a prophet
because he is
a prophet
will receive
a prophet’s
reward,
and
whoever
receives
a righteous man
because he is
a righteous man
will receive
a righteous man’s
reward.
And
if anyone
gives
even
a cup
of cold water
to one
of these
little ones
because he is My
disciple,
truly
I tell
you,
he will never lose
his
reward.”