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And when he had called unto him histwelvedisciples, he gavethempower against uncleanspirits,tocastthemout, and to heal all manner of sicknessand all manner of disease.
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Now the names of the twelveapostlesarethese; The first,Simon,who is calledPeter,andAndrewhisbrother;James the son ofZebedee,andJohnhisbrother;
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Philip,andBartholomew;Thomas,andMatthew the publican;James the son ofAlphaeus,andLebbaeus, whose surname wasThaddaeus;
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Simon the Canaanite,andJudasIscariot,whoalsobetrayedhim.
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ThesetwelveJesus sent forth, and commandedthem,saying, Gonotinto the way of the Gentiles,andinto any city of the Samaritans enter yenot:
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Butgoratherto the lostsheep of the house of Israel.
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And as ye go, preach, saying*, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,raise the dead, cast outdevils:freely ye have received, freelygive.
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Andifthehousebeworthy, let yourpeacecomeuponit:butif it benotworthy, let yourpeacereturntoyou.
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Andwhosoevershallnotreceiveyou,norhearyourwords, when ye depart out of thathouseorcity, shake off the dust of yourfeet.
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Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of SodomandGomorrhain the day of judgment,than for thatcity.
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Behold, Isendyouforthassheepin the midst of wolves: be yethereforewiseasserpents,andharmless[c]asdoves.
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Butbewareofmen:for they will deliveryouupto the councils,and they will scourgeyouintheirsynagogues;
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And ye shall be broughtbeforegovernorsand*kings for mysake,for a testimony against themand the Gentiles.
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Butwhen they deliveryouup, takenothoughthoworwhat ye shall speak: for it shall be givenyouin that samehourwhat ye shall speak.
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For it isnotye that speak, but the Spirit of yourFatherwhichspeakethinyou.
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And the brother shall deliver up the brothertodeath,and the father the child:and the children shall rise upagainst their parents,andcausethem to be put to death.
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And ye shall be hatedofall men formy name's sake:but he thatendurethto the end shall be saved.
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Butwhen they persecuteyouinthiscity, flee yeintoanother:forverily I say unto you, Ye shallnot have gone over the cities of Israel,till the Son of manbecome.
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The discipleisnotabove his master,nor the servantabovehislord.
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It is enough for the disciplethat he beashismaster,and the servantashislord.If they have called the master of the houseBeelzebub,[d] how muchmore shall they call them of hishousehold?
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Fearthemnottherefore:for there isnothingcovered, thatshallnot be revealed; andhid,thatshallnot be known.
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What I tellyouindarkness, that speak yeinlight:andwhat ye hearin the ear, that preach yeupon the housetops.
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Andfear*not them whichkill the body,butarenotable to kill the soul:butratherfear him which is able to destroybothsoulandbodyinhell.
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Arenottwosparrowssold for a farthing[e]? andoneofthemshallnotfallon the groundwithoutyourFather.
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Fear yenottherefore,ye are of more value than manysparrows.
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Whosoever*therefore shall confess*mebeforemen*, him will I confessalsobeforemyFatherwhich is inheaven.
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Butwhosoevershalldenymebeforemen,him will I alsodenybeforemyFatherwhich is inheaven.
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Thinknotthat I am come to sendpeaceonearth: I camenot to sendpeace,but a sword.
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For I am come to set a man at varianceagainsthisfather,and the daughteragainsthermother,and the daughter in lawagainsther mother in law.
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And a man'sfoes shall be they of his ownhousehold.
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He that lovethfatherormother more thanmeisnotworthy of me:and he that lovethsonordaughter more thanmeisnotworthy of me.
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Andhe that takethnothiscross,andfollowethafterme,isnotworthy of me.
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He that findethhislife shall loseit:and he that losethhislife for mysake shall findit.
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He that receivethyoureceivethme,and he that receivethmereceiveth him that sentme.
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He that receiveth a prophetin the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet'sreward;and he that receiveth a righteous manin the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man'sreward.
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Andwhosoevershall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water onlyin the name of a disciple,verily I say unto you, he shall in no wiselosehisreward.