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Matthew 10

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1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.
1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.
7 And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.
7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’
8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—
10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.
10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.
11 And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.
11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.
12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.
12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting.
13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.
14 And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
15 Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.
18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;
19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,
20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.
27 What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.
28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
30 But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
33 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.
33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34 Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
35 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—
36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.
36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
40 He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
41 He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.
42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.
42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”
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