Matthew 10:1-23

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.'

8 "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

9 "¹⁷Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,

10 or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for ¹⁸the worker is worthy of his support.

11 "And whatever * city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city.

12 "As you enter the house, ¹⁹give it your greeting.

13 "If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.

14 "Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, ²⁰shake the dust off your feet.

15 "Truly I say to you, ²¹it will be more tolerable for the land of ²²Sodom and Gomorrah in ²³the day of judgment than for that city.

A Hard Road before Them

16 "²⁴Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be ²⁵shrewd as serpents and ²⁶innocent as doves.

17 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the ²⁷courts and scourge you ²⁸in their synagogues;

18 and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19 "²⁹But when they hand you over, ³⁰do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

20 "For ³¹it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21 "³²Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and ³³children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

22 "³⁴You will be hated by all because of My name, but ³⁵it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

23 "But whenever they ³⁶persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel ³⁷until the Son of Man comes.

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
• 17. Matthew 10:9-15: {Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:3-5; Luke 10:4-12;} Luke 22:35
• 18. 1 Corinthians 9:14; 1 Timothy 5:18
• 19. 1 Samuel 25:6; Psalms 122:7, 8
• 20. Acts 13:51
• 21. Matthew 11:22, 24
• 22. Matthew 11:24; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 7
• 23. Matthew 7:22; Matthew 11:22, 24; Matthew 12:36; Acts 17:31; 1 Thessalonians 5:4; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7; 1 John 4:17; Jude 6
• 24. Luke 10:3
• 25. Genesis 3:1; Matthew 24:25; Romans 16:19
• 26. Hosea 7:11
• 27. Matthew 5:22
• 28. Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; Acts 5:40; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11
• 29. Matthew 10:19-22: {Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-17}
• 30. Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:11, 12
• 31. Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; Acts 13:9; 2 Corinthians 13:3
• 32. Matthew 10:35, 36; Mark 13:12
• 33. Micah 7:6
• 34. Matthew 24:9; Luke 21:17; John 15:18f
• 35. Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13
• 36. Matthew 23:34
• 37. Matthew 16:27

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"
• [j]. Or "knapsack", or "beggar's bag"
• [k]. Or "inner garments"
• [l]. Lit "nourishment"
• [m]. Lit "there until"
• [n]. Or "household"
• [o]. I.e. the familiar Heb blessing, ``Peace be to this house!''
• [p]. Lit "your peace is to come upon it"
• [q]. Lit "your peace is to return to you"
• [r]. Or "show yourselves to be"
• [s]. Lit "put them to death"
• [t]. Lit "this"
• [u]. Lit "the other"