Matthew Chapter 10
1 When He had called His twelve disciples, He gave them authority⁺ and power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds⁺ of sickness and all kinds⁺ of disease.
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother,
3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the worldly⁺ person, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus,
4 Simon the Canaanite and Judas Iscariot who also betrayed Him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth and instructed⁺ them saying: Do not go into the way of the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans,
6 but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 As you go, proclaim⁺ the Word, saying: The Kingdom of Heaven is very near⁺.
8 Heal the sick. Cleanse the lepers. Raise the dead. Cast out demons⁺. Freely you have received, freely give.
9 Provide neither gold nor silver nor brass in your purses,
10 nor a provision bag⁺ for your journey nor two coats nor sandals⁺ nor staves. For the worker⁺ is worthy of his food⁺.
11 Into whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy and stay⁺ there until you go on from there⁺.
12 When you come into a house, greet⁺ it.
13 If the house is worthy let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy let your peace return to you. 1 Samuel 25:6
14 Whoever will not receive you or hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
15 Truly⁺ I say to you: It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
16 Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
17 But beware of people⁺, for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will flog⁺ you in their synagogues.
18 You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak, for it will be given to you in that same hour what you shall speak. Proverbs 16:1
20 For it is not you who will be speaking but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 Brother will deliver up brother to death and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. Micah 7:6
22 You will be hated by all for my name's sake, but those who endure to the end will be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly⁺ I say to you: You will not have gone to all the cities of Israel until the Son of man has come.
24 The disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his lord~.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master and the servant like his lord~. If they have called the master~ of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household?
26 Therefore do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed and nothing hid that will not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, speak in light. What you hear in the ear, proclaim⁺ from the housetops.
28 Do not fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul. Instead⁺, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny⁺? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
30 The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Therefore, do not be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whoever therefore will confess me before people⁺, I will confess also before my Father in heaven.
33 But whoever will deny me before people⁺, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
34 Do not think that I have come to send peace on Earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to set a man at contention⁺ against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother in law. Micah 7:6
36 A man's foes will be those of his own household.
37 Those who love father or mother more than me are not worthy of me. Those who love son or daughter more than me are not worthy of me.
38 Those who do not take up their cross and follow after me are not worthy of me.
39 Those who find their life will lose it. Those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
40 Those who receive you receive me and those who receive me receive Him who sent me.
41 Those who receive a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Those who receive a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
42 Whoever will give a drink to one of these little ones, even a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly⁺ I say to you: They shall in no way⁺ lose their reward.