Matthew 10
1Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16Then Jesus ▼▼Lit. he
called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.Mark 3:13-14; 6:7; Luke 6:13; 9:1 2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;John 1:42 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ▼▼Other mss. read Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
4Simon the Cananaean ▼▼Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot.
and Judas Iscariot, who later ▼▼Lit. also
betrayed Jesus. ▼▼Lit. him
Luke 6:15; John 13:26; Acts 1:13 5Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6These were the twelve whom Jesus sent out, charging them with the words, “Don't turn off into the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don't enter a town of the Samaritans.2Kings 17:24; Matt 4:15; John 4:9, 20 6Go, instead, to the lost sheep of the nation ▼▼Lit. house
of Israel.Isa 53:6; Jer 50:6, 17; Ezek 34:5-6, 16; Matt 15:24; Acts 13:46; 1Pet 2:25 7As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’Matt 3:2; 4:17; Luke 9:2; 10:9 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give.Acts 8:18, 20 9Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,1Sam 9:7; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4; 22:35 10or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, ▼▼Lit. two shirts
or sandals, or a walking stick. For a worker deserves his food.Luke 10:7; 1Cor 9:7; 1Tim 5:18 11“Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you leave.Luke 10:8 12As you enter the house, greet it. 13If the house is receptive, ▼▼Lit. worthy
let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, ▼▼Lit. worthy
let your blessing of peace return to you.Ps 35:13; Luke 10:5 14If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.Neh 5:13; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; 10:10-11; Acts 13:51; 18:6 15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!”Matt 11:22, 24Coming Persecutions Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-17 16“See, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves.Luke 10:3; Rom 16:19; 1Cor 14:20; Eph 5:15; Phil 2:15 17Watch out for people, for they will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.Matt 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; 21:12; Acts 5:40 18Because of me you will be brought before governors and kings to testify to them and the Gentiles.Acts 12:1; 24:10; 2Tim 4:16 19When they hand you over, don't worry about how you are to speak ▼▼The Gk. lacks you are to speak
or what you are to say, for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you.Exod 4:12; Jer 1:7; Mark 13:11-13; Luke 12:11; 21:14-15 20For it won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through ▼▼Or in
you.2Sam 23:2; Acts 4:8; 6:10; 2Tim 4:17 21“Brother will hand brother over to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.Mic 7:6; Matt 10:35-36; Luke 21:16 22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.Dan 12:12-13; Matt 24:13; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:17 23So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you certainly will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.Matt 2:13; 4:12; 12:15; 16:28; Acts 8:1; 9:25; 14:6 24“A disciple is not above his teacher, and a slave is not above his master.Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20 25It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to ▼▼The Gk. lacks will they do the same to
those of his household!”Matt 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; John 8:48, 52Fear God Luke 12:2-7 26“So never be afraid of them. For there is nothing covered that will not be exposed, and nothing secret that will not be made known.Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; 12:2-3 27What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered ▼▼Lit. what you hear
in your ear you must shout from the housetops. 28Stop being ▼▼Or 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. ▼▼Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom
Isa 8:12-13; Luke 12:4; 1Pet 3:14 29“Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren't they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's permission. ▼▼Lit. apart from your Father
30Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted!1Sam 14:45; 2Sam 14:11; Luke 21:18; Acts 27:34 31So stop being ▼▼Or don't be
afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows.”Acknowledging Christ Luke 12:8-9 32“Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.Luke 12:8; Rom 10:9-10; Rev 3:5 33But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven.”Mark 8:38; Luke 9:26; 2Tim 2:12Not Peace, but a Sword Luke 12:51-53; 14:26-27 34“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword! ▼▼I.e. conflict
Luke 12:49, 51-53 35For I came to turnMic 7:6 ‘a man against his father,a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36A person's enemies will be members of his own family.’ ▼▼Mic 7:6
Ps 41:9; 55:13; Mic 7:6; John 13:18 37“The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.Luke 14:26 38The one who doesn't take up his cross and follow me isn't worthy of me.Matt 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27 39The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.”Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25Rewards Mark 9:41 40“The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.Matt 18:5; Luke 9:48; 10:16; John 12:44; 13:20; Gal 4:14 41The one who receives a prophet as ▼▼Lit. in the name of
a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as ▼▼Lit. in the name of
a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.1Kings 17:10; 18:4; 2Kings 4:8 42Truly I tell you, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is ▼▼Lit. in the name of
a disciple will never lose his reward.”Matt 8:5-6; 25:40; Mark 9:41; Heb 6:10
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