Mat Matthew, chapter The Gospel According to Matthew, chapter 10
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. Mrk 3:14; Luk 9:1Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called10:3 NU omits “Lebbaeus, who was also called” Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mat 15:24As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ Luk 9:2Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,10:8 TR adds “raise the dead,” and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. Mrk 6:8; Luk 9:3Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. Luk 10:7; 1Ti 5:18Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. As you enter into the household, greet it. Luk 10:5If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. Mrk 6:11; Luk 9:5; Act 13:51Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Luk 10:3; Rom 16:19; 2Co 1:12But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. Mrk 13:11; Luk 12:11For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
“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. You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. Luk 6:40; Jhn 13:16; Jhn 15:20It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,10:25 Literally, Lord of the Flies, or the devil how much more those of his household! Mat 9:34Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Mrk 4:22; Luk 8:17; Luk 12:2What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.10:28 or, Hell.Luk 12:4
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? 10:29 An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. Luk 12:6But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. Mrk 8:38; Luk 9:26; Luk 12:8But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.2Ti 2:12
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. Luk 12:51For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s foes will be those of his own household.10:36 Micah 7:6 Mic 7:6He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. Luk 14:26He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. Mat 16:24; Mrk 8:34He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. Mrk 8:35; Luk 9:24; Jhn 12:25
“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. Luk 10:16; Jhn 13:20He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”Mrk 9:41