Matthew 10:1-7

The Twelve Disciples; Instructions for Service

1 Jesus ¹summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to ²heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

2 ³Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, ⁴Simon, who is called Peter, and ⁵Andrew his brother; and ⁶James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 ⁷Philip and Bartholomew; ⁸Thomas and ⁹Matthew the tax collector; ¹⁰James the son of Alphaeus, and ¹¹Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Zealot, and ¹²Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

5 ¹³These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the ¹⁴Samaritans;

6 but rather go to ¹⁵the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 "And as you go, preach, saying, '¹⁶The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

Cross References

• 1. Mark 3:13-15; Mark 6:7
• 2. Matthew 9:35; Luke 9:1
• 3. Matthew 10:2-4: {Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13}
• 4. Matthew 4:18
• 5. Matthew 4:18
• 6. Matthew 4:21
• 7. John 1:43f
• 8. John 11:16; John 14:5; John 20:24f; John 21:2
• 9. Matthew 9:9
• 10. Mark 15:40
• 11. Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13
• 12. Matthew 26:14; Luke 22:3; John 6:71; John 13:2, 26
• 13. Mark 6:7; Luke 9:2
• 14. 2 Kings 17:24f; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:33; Luke 17:16; John 4:9, 39; John 8:48; Acts 8:25
• 15. Matthew 15:24
• 16. Matthew 3:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Jacob;" James is the Eng form of Jacob
• [b]. Gr "Joannes," Heb "Johanan"
• [c]. I.e. son of Talmai (Aram)
• [d]. Or "Jacob"
• [e]. Or "Cananaean"
• [f]. Or "go off"
• [g]. Or "on the road of" (Gr "hodos:" "way" or "road")
• [h]. Or "proclaim"
• [i]. Lit "has come near"