Mat 10 | ABEn | STEP | And having called on [ 2 twelve 3 disciples 1 his], he gave to them authority [ 2 spirits 1 of unclean], so as to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity.

‏ Matthew 10

CHAPTER 10 Authority Given to the Twelve Disciples

1 And having called on [²twelve ³disciples ¹his], he gave to them authority [²spirits ¹of unclean], so as to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity. 2 And of the twelve apostles, the names are these; first Simon the one being called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus the one called Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, the one also having delivered him up. 5 These twelve Jesus sent, exhorting them, saying, Unto the way of the nations you should not go forth, and unto a city of Samaritans you should not enter.

Jesus Sends the Twelve

6 But you go rather to the [²sheep ¹lost] of the house of Israel! 7 And going, proclaim! saying that, [⁵approaches ¹The ²kingdom ³of the ⁴heavens]. 8 Ones being weak cure! Dead raise up! Leprous cleanse! Demons cast out! Freely you received, freely you give! 9 You should not acquire gold, nor silver, nor brass coin in your belts, 10 nor a provision bag for the way, nor two inner garments, nor sandals, nor rods; [⁵worth ¹for ²the ³worker ⁶his provision ⁴is]. 11 And into whatever city or town you should enter, inquire diligently who in it is worthy, and there remain until whenever you should go forth! 12 And entering into the house, greet it! 13 And if indeed [³might be ¹the ²house] worthy, let [²come ¹your peace] upon it! But if it might not be worthy, [²your peace ⁴to ⁵you ¹let ³return]! 14 And who ever should not receive you, nor should hear your words, in going forth from the residence or that city, shake off the dust of your feet! 15 Amen I say to you, More endurable will it be to the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than to that city.

Sheep among Wolves

16 Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be then skilled as the serpents, and unmixed as the doves! 17 And take heed of the men! for they shall deliver you unto sanhedrins, and in their synagogues they shall whip you. 18 And before governors also and kings you shall be led because of me, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 19 And whenever they deliver you, be not anxious how or what you should speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what you should speak; 20 [⁴not ¹for ²you ³are] the ones speaking, but the spirit of your father, the one speaking in you. 21 [³shall deliver up ¹But ²brother] brother unto death, and a father a child. And [²shall rise up ¹children] against parents, and shall put them to death. 22 And you will be detested by all on account of my name. But the one remaining unto completion, this one shall be delivered. 23 But whenever they should persecute you in this city, flee unto the other! For amen I say to you, In no way should you finish the cities of Israel, until whenever [⁴should come ¹the ²son ³of man]. 24 [³not ²is ¹A disciple] above the teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 Sufficient to the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If [³the ⁴master of the house ²Beelzebub ¹they invoked], how much more the ones of his house? 26 You should not then fear them; for nothing is being covered, which shall not be uncovered; and hidden, which shall not be known. 27 What I say to you in the darkness, you speak in the light! and what in the ear you hear, proclaim upon the roofs!

Fear God

28 And fear not of the ones killing the body, [⁵the ¹but ⁶soul ²not ³being able ⁴to kill]! But you fear rather the one being able both the soul and body to destroy in Gehenna! 29 Are not two sparrows [²an assarion ¹sold for]? and one of them shall not fall upon the earth without your father. 30 But you, even the hairs of the head [²all ³counted ¹are]. 31 Do not then fear! [²than many ³sparrows ¹you differ]. 32 Every one then whoever shall acknowledge being mine before men, I shall acknowledge, even myself, him before my father, of the one in heavens. 33 And whoever should deny me before the men, I shall deny him, even myself, before my father, the one in the heavens. 34 You should not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I came not to cast peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to cleave a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and the enemies of the man are the ones of his own house. 37 The one being fond of a father or mother above me, is not worthy of me; and the one being fond of a son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me. 38 And the one who does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 The one finding his life, shall lose it; and the one losing his life, because of me, shall find it. 40 The one receiving you, receives me; and the one receiving me, receives the one sending me. 41 The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, [²a wage ³of a prophet ¹shall receive]; and the one receiving a just one in the name of a just one, [²a wage ³of a just one ¹shall receive]. 42 And who ever shall give a drink to one of these small ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, In no way shall he lose his wage.