Matthew 10:1-7

1 Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.

2 Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter’s brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James’s brother),

3 Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus,

4 Simon (the zealot ), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,

6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.

7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

Footnotes

• [a]. Greek unclean.
• [b]. Other manuscripts read Lebbaeus; still others read Lebbaeus who is called Thaddaeus.
• [c]. Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.
• [d]. Or has come, or is coming soon.