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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.
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He called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to throw them out and to heal every disease and every sickness.
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),
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Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter; and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee; and John his brother;
3 Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus,
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Philip; and Bartholomew; Thomas; and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; and Thaddaeus;
4 Simon (the zealot ), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
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Simon the Cananaean; and Judas, who betrayed Jesus.
5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,
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Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, “Don't go among the Gentiles or into a Samaritan city.
6 but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Go instead to the lost sheep, the people of Israel.
7 Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
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As you go, make this announcement: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!
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Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, and throw out demons. You received without having to pay. Therefore, give without demanding payment.
9 “Don’t take any money in your money belts—no gold, silver, or even copper coins.
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Workers deserve to be fed, so don't gather gold or silver or copper coins for your money belts to take on your trips.
10 Don’t carry a traveler’s bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.
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Don't take a backpack for the road or two shirts or sandals or a walking stick.
11 “Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.
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Whatever city or village you go into, find somebody in it who is worthy and stay there until you go on your way.
12 When you enter the home, give it your blessing.
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When you go into a house, say, ‘Peace!'
13 If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.
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If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if the house isn't worthy, take back your blessing.
14 If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.
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If anyone refuses to welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or city.
15 I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
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I assure you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than it will be for that city.
16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
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“Look, I'm sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves.
17 But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
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Watch out for people—because they will hand you over to councils and they will beat you in their synagogues.
18 You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me.
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They will haul you in front of governors and even kings because of me so that you may give your testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19 When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.
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Whenever they hand you over, don't worry about how to speak or what you will say, because what you can say will be given to you at that moment.
20 For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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You aren't doing the talking, but the Spirit of my Father is doing the talking through you.
21 “A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
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Brothers and sisters will hand each other over to be executed. A father will turn his child in. Children will defy their parents and have them executed.
22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
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Everyone will hate you on account of my name. But whoever stands firm until the end will be saved.
23 When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
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Whenever they harass you in one city, escape to the next, because I assure that you will not go through all the cities of Israel before the Human One comes.
24 “Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.
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“Disciples aren't greater than their teacher, and slaves aren't greater than their master.
25 Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master. And since I, the master of the household, have been called the prince of demons, the members of my household will be called by even worse names!
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It's enough for disciples to be like their teacher and slaves like their master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, it's certain that they will call the members of his household by even worse names.
26 “But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.
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“Therefore, don't be afraid of those people because nothing is hidden that won't be revealed, and nothing secret that won't be brought out into the open.
27 What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
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What I say to you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, announce from the rooftops.
28 “Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
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Don't be afraid of those who kill the body but can't kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
29 What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin ? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
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Aren't two sparrows sold for a small coin? But not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father knowing about it already.
30 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
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Even the hairs of your head are all counted.
31 So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.
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Don't be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
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“Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.
33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
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But everyone who denies me before people, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
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“Don't think that I've come to bring peace to the earth. I haven't come to bring peace but a sword.
35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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I've come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!’
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People's enemies are members of their own households.
37 “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
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“Those who love father or mother more than me aren't worthy of me. Those who love son or daughter more than me aren't worthy of me.
38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
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Those who don't pick up their crosses and follow me aren't worthy of me.
39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
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Those who find their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives because of me will find them.
40 “Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.
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"Those who receive you are also receiving me, and those who receive me are receiving the one who sent me.
41 If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will be given the same reward as a prophet. And if you receive righteous people because of their righteousness, you will be given a reward like theirs.
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Those who receive a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Those who receive a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
42 And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”
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I assure you that everybody who gives even a cup of cold water to these little ones because they are my disciples will certainly be rewarded."