Matthew 10

¹ And, calling His twelve disciples to Him, He gives them authority over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be curing every disease and every debility. ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon, termed Peter, and Andrew, his brother, and James of Zebedee, and John, his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew, the tribute collector, James of Alpheus and Thaddeus, ⁴ Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who also gives Him up. ⁵ These twelve Jesus commissions, charging them, saying, "Into a road of the nations you may not pass forth, and into a city of the Samaritans you may not be entering. ⁶ Yet be going rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ Now going, herald, saying that 'Near is the kingdom of the heavens!' ⁸ The infirm be curing, the dead be rousing, lepers be cleansing, demons be casting out. Gratuitously you got; gratuitously be giving. ⁹ You should not be acquiring gold, nor yet silver, nor yet copper in your girdles, no beggar's bag for the road, ¹⁰ Nor yet two tunics, nor yet sandals, nor yet a club; for worthy is the worker of his nourishment. ¹¹ Now, into whichever city or village you may be entering, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till you should be coming out. ¹² Now, on entering into a house, salute it, ¹³ and if, indeed, the house should be worthy, let your peace come on it. Yet if it should not be worthy, let your peace be turned back on you. ¹⁴ And whosoever should not be receiving you, nor yet be hearing your words, coming outside of that house or city or village, shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Verily, I am saying to you, More tolerable will it be for the land of Sodom and the land of Gomorrah in the day of judging than for that city. ¹⁶ Lo! I am dispatching you as a sheep in the midst of wolves. Become, then, prudent as serpents and artless as doves. ¹⁷ Now take heed of men, for they will be giving you up to Sanhedrins, and in their synagogues will they be scourging you. ¹⁸ Now before governors and kings also shall you be led on My account, for a testimony to them and to the nations. ¹⁹ Now, whenever they may be giving you up, you should not be worrying about how or what you should be speaking, for it shall be given you in that hour what you should be speaking, ²⁰ for not you are speaking, but the spirit of your Father is speaking in you. ²¹ Now brother shall be giving up brother to death, and father, child, and children shall be rising up against parents, and shall be putting them to death. ²² And you shall be hated by all because of My name. Yet he who endures to the consummation, he shall be saved. ²³ Now, whenever they may be persecuting you in this city, flee into a different one, for, verily, I am saying to you, Under no circumstances should you be finishing the cities of Israel till the Son of Mankind may be coming. ²⁴ A disciple is not above his teacher, neither a slave above his lord. ²⁵ Sufficient is it for the disciple that he may be becoming as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If they surname the householder Beezeboul, how much rather those of his household. ²⁶ Do not, then, be afraid of them, for nothing is covered, which shall not be revealed, and hidden which shall not be known. ²⁷ What I am saying to you in the darkness, say in the light. And what you hearing in the ear, herald on the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who are killing the body, yet are not able to kill the soul. Yet be fearing Him, rather, Who is able to destroy the soul as well as the body in Gehenna. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows selling for a penny? And not one of them will be falling on the earth without your Father. ³⁰ Now of your head even the hairs are all numbered. ³¹ Then do not fear! Of more consequence than many sparrows are you. ³² Everyone, then, who shall be avowing Me in front of men, him will I also be avowing in front of My Father Who is in the heavens. ³³ Yet, who should ever be disowning Me in front of men, I also will be disowning him in front of My Father Who is in the heavens. ³⁴ You should not be inferring that I came to be casting peace on the earth. I did not come to be casting peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I came to pit a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶ And the enemies of a man are those of his household. ³⁷ He who is fond of father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me. And he who is fond of son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁸ And he who is not taking his cross and following after Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹ He who is finding his soul will be destroying it, and he who destroys his soul on My account will be finding it. ⁴⁰ He who is receiving you is receiving Me, and he who is receiving Me is receiving Him Who commissions Me. ⁴¹ He who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet shall be obtaining a prophet's wages. And he who is receiving a just man in the name of a just man shall be obtaining a just man's wages. ⁴² And whoever should be giving one of these little ones only a cool cup to drink, in the name of a disciple, verily, I am saying to you, by no means should he be losing his wages."