Matthew 10:5-15

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

5 ¹These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of ²the Samaritans,

6 ³but go rather to ⁴the lost sheep of ⁵the house of Israel.

7 And proclaim as you go, saying, ⁶‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ’

8 ⁷Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, ^[a] cast out demons. ⁸You received without paying; give without pay.

9 ⁹Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,

10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics^[b] or sandals or a staff, for ¹⁰the laborer deserves his food.

11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.

12 As you enter the house, ¹¹greet it.

13 And if the house is ¹²worthy, let ¹³your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let ¹⁴your peace return to you.

14 And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, ¹⁵shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

15 Truly, I say to you, ¹⁶it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for ¹⁷the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Cross References

• 1. 10:5 [See ver. 1 above]
• 2. 10:5 2 Kgs. 17:24; Ezra 4:10; Luke 9:52; 10:33; 17:16; John 4:9, 39, 40; 8:48; Acts 8:25; [Acts 1:8]
• 3. 10:6 ch. 15:24; [Acts 3:25, 26; 13:46]
• 4. 10:6 Ps. 119:176; Isa. 53:6; Jer. 50:6; [ch. 9:36; 18:12]
• 5. 10:6 Acts 2:36; 7:42; Heb. 8:8, 10
• 6. 10:7 ch. 3:2; 4:17; Luke 10:9
• 7. 10:8 [ch. 11:5]
• 8. 10:8 [Isa. 55:1; Acts 3:6; 20:33, 35]
• 9. 10:9 For ver. 9-15, see Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:3-5; [Luke 10:4-12; 22:35]
• 10. 10:10 1 Tim. 5:18; [1 Cor. 9:4, 7-14]
• 11. 10:12 [1 Sam. 25:6; 1 Chr. 12:18]
• 12. 10:13 [ch. 8:8; Acts 16:15]
• 13. 10:13 [See ver. 12 above]
• 14. 10:13 [See ver. 12 above]
• 15. 10:14 Acts 13:51; [Neh. 5:13; Acts 18:6]
• 16. 10:15 ch. 11:24
• 17. 10:15 Gen. 18:20; 19:28; 2 Pet. 2:6

Footnotes

• [a] 10:8 'Leprosy' was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
• [b] 10:10 Greek 'chiton', a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin