Matthew 10:11-21

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, ¹give 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, ²shake the dust off your feet.

15 "Truly I say to you, ³it will be more tolerable for the land of ⁴Sodom and Gomorrah in ⁵the day of judgment than for that city.

A Hard Road before Them

16 "⁶Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be ⁷shrewd as serpents and ⁸innocent as doves.

17 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the ⁹courts and scourge you ¹⁰in 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 "¹¹But when they hand you over, ¹²do 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 ¹³it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21 "¹⁴Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and ¹⁵children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 25:6; Psalms 122:7, 8
• 2. Acts 13:51
• 3. Matthew 11:22, 24
• 4. Matthew 11:24; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 7
• 5. 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
• 6. Luke 10:3
• 7. Genesis 3:1; Matthew 24:25; Romans 16:19
• 8. Hosea 7:11
• 9. Matthew 5:22
• 10. Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; Acts 5:40; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11
• 11. Matthew 10:19-22: {Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-17}
• 12. Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:11, 12
• 13. Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; Acts 13:9; 2 Corinthians 13:3
• 14. Matthew 10:35, 36; Mark 13:12
• 15. Micah 7:6

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "there until"
• [b] Or "household"
• [c] I.e. the familiar Heb blessing, ``Peace be to this house!''
• [d] Lit "your peace is to come upon it"
• [e] Lit "your peace is to return to you"
• [f] Or "show yourselves to be"
• [g] Lit "put them to death"