마태복음 10
Korean Living Bible
열두 제자를 부르심
10 예수님은 열두 제자를 불러 그들에게 더러운 귀신을 쫓아내며 모든 병 과 허약한 체질을 고치는 권능을 주셨다.
2 이 열두 사도의 이름은 이렇다: 베드로라는 시몬, 시몬의 형제 안드레, 세베대의 아들 야고보, 야고보의 형제 요한,
3 빌립, 바돌로매, 도마, 세무원 마태, 알패오의 아들 야고보, 다대오,
4 [a]가나안 사람 시몬, 그리고 예수님을 판 가룟 사람 유다였다.
전도자의 각오
5 예수님은 이 열두 사람을 보내시며 이렇게 명령하셨다. “너희는 이방인들이나 사마리아 사람들에게 가지 말고
6 하나님의 잃어버린 양과 같은 이스라엘 사람들에게 가거라.
7 가서 ‘하늘 나라가 가까웠다’ 고 전하여라.
8 병든 사람을 고치고 죽은 사람을 살리고 문둥병자를 깨끗하게 하며 귀신을 쫓아내어라. 너희가 거저 받았으니 거저 주어라.
9 [b]돈은 일체 가지고 가지 말아라.
10 여행 가방이나 갈아 입을 옷이나 여분의 신발이나 지팡이도 갖고 가지 말아라. 일꾼이 자기 먹을 것을 받는 것이 마땅하다.
11 어느 도시나 마을에 들어가든지 [c]너희를 기꺼이 영접하고자 하는 사람을 찾아 너희가 떠날 때까지 그 집에 머물러라.
12 너희는 그 집에 들어가면서 [d]평안을 빌어 주어라.
13 만일 그 집이 너희 평안의 축복을 받을 만하면 너희가 빈 평안이 그 집에 내릴 것이고 그렇지 못하면 그 평안이 너희에게 되돌아올 것이다.
14 누구든지 너희를 영접하지도 않고 너희 말도 듣지 않거든 그 집이나 그 마을을 떠날 때 신발에 묻은 먼지를 떨어 버려라.
15 내가 분명히 말하지만 심판 날에는 소돔과 고모라가 그 마을보다 더 견디기 쉬울 것이다.
16 “내가 너희를 보내는 것이 양을 이리떼 속으로 보내는 것과 같다. 그러므로 너희는 뱀처럼 지혜롭고 비둘기처럼 순결하여라.
17 사람들을 조심하라. 그들이 너희를 [e]법정에 넘겨 주고 회당에서 채찍질할 것이다.
18 너희는 나 때문에 총독들과 왕들 앞에 끌려가서 그들과 이방인들에게 내 증인이 될 것이다.
19 그러나 그들이 너희를 법정에 넘길 때 무엇을 어떻게 말할까 걱정하지 말아라. 그 때에 너희가 할 말을 일러 주실 것이다.
20 이때 말하는 이는 너희가 아니라 너희 속 에서 말씀하시는 너희 아버지의 성령이시다.
21 또 형제가 형제를, 아버지가 자식을 고발하여 죽게 할 것이며 자식이 부모를 대적하여 죽게 할 것이다.
22 그리고 너희가 나 때문에 모든 사람에게서 미움을 받을 것이나 끝까지 견디는 사람은 구원을 받을 것이다.
23 어떤 마을에서 사람들이 너희를 괴롭히거든 다른 마을로 피하라. 내가 분명히 말해 두지만 너희가 이곳 저곳으로 피하며 이스라엘의 마을들을 다 다니기 전에 [f]내가 올 것이다.
24 “제자가 스승보다 높지 못하고 종이 주인보다 높지 못하다.
25 제자는 스승과 같이 되는 것으로 만족해야 하고 종은 주인과 같이 되는 것으로 만족해야 한다. 집 주인인 나를 [g]사탄이라고 불렀으니 [h]너희에게야 오죽하겠느냐?
26 그러나 너희를 위협하는 사람들을 두려워하지 말아라. 감추어진 일이 드러나지 않을 것이 없고 숨겨진 일이 알려지지 않을 것이 없다.
27 너희는 내가 너희에게 어두운 데서 말한 것을 밝은 데서 말하고 너희 귀에 조용히 들려 준 것을 옥상에서 큰 소리로 전파하라.
28 몸은 죽여도 영혼은 죽이지 못하는 사람들을 두려워하지 말고 영혼과 몸을 [i]지옥에서 다 멸망시킬 수 있는 분을 두려워하라.
29 참새 두 마리가 [j]동전 몇 푼에 팔리지 않느냐? 그러나 너희 아버지께서 허락하지 않으시면 그 참새 한 마리도 그저 땅에 떨어지는 법이 없다.
30 하나님은 너희 머리카락도 다 세고 계신다.
31 그러므로 두려워하지 말아라. 너희는 많은 참새들보다 더 귀하다.
32 누구든지 사람들 앞에서 나를 안다고 하면 나도 하늘에 계신 내 아버지 앞에서 그를 안다고 할 것이다.
33 그러나 누구든지 사람들 앞에서 나를 모른다고 하면 나도 하늘에 계신 내 아버지 앞에서 그를 모른다고 할 것이다.
34 “너희는 내가 세상에 평화를 주러 왔다고 생각하지 말아라. 평화가 아니라 칼을 주려고 왔다.
35 나는 아들과 아버지, 딸과 어머니, 며느리와 시어머니가 서로 다투게 하려고 왔다.
36 그러므로 사람의 원수는 자기 식구가 될 것이다.
37 나보다 자기 부모를 더 사랑하는 사람은 내 제자가 되기에 적합하지 않고 나보다 자기 자식을 더 사랑하는 사람도 적합하지 않으며
38 자기 십자가를 지고 나를 따르지 않는 사람 역시 내 제자로서 적합하지 않다.
39 자기 생명을 아끼는 사람은 잃을 것이며 나를 위해 자기 생명을 버리는 사람은 얻을 것이다.
40 “너희를 영접하는 사람은 나를 영접하는 것이며 나를 영접하는 사람은 나를 보내신 하나님을 영접하는 것이다.
41 누구든지 예언자를 영접하면 예언자가 받는 상을 받을 것이며 의로운 사람을 영접하면 의로운 사람이 받는 상을 받을 것이다.
42 내가 분명히 말해 둔다. [k]아주 보잘것없는 사람이지만 그가 내 제자라는 이유로 그에게 냉수 한 그릇이라도 대접하는 사람은 반드시 상을 받을 것이다.”
Matthew 10
EasyEnglish Bible
Jesus chooses 12 men to be his apostles[a]
10 One day, Jesus asked his 12 disciples to come to him. He gave them authority over bad spirits so that they could send the spirits out of people. They could also make sick people well again from every kind of illness.
2 These are the names of the 12 apostles:
The first apostle is Simon, who was also called Peter.
Then Simon's brother, who was called Andrew.
Also James and his brother John, who were Zebedee's sons.
3 There were Philip and Bartholomew.[b]
There were Thomas and Matthew.[c] (Matthew's job was to take taxes from people.)
And James who was the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.[d]
4 There was also Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who later gave Jesus to his enemies.[e]
Jesus sends out his 12 apostles
5 Jesus sent out these 12 disciples. Before they left, he said to them, ‘Do not go to any place where the people are Gentiles. And do not go to towns where only Samaritans live.[f] 6 Instead, you must go to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep with nobody to take care of them. 7 While you travel, you must tell people about the kingdom of heaven. You must tell them that it has now become near. 8 Make sick people well again. Cause dead people to become alive again. If people have a bad disease of the skin, make them well again. Send bad spirits out of people to leave them. God has been very kind to you, so you should be kind to other people. When you help people, do not ask them for money. 9 Do not take any money in your purses. 10 Do not take a bag with you, or extra clothes. Do not take extra shoes or a stick. You are working to help people. So people should give you what you need to live.
11 When you arrive in a town or a village, look for a good person there. Continue to stay in that person's house until you leave there. 12 When you go into the house, say to the people there, “We pray that you will be well.” 13 If the people of that house accept you, then everyone in the house will be well. But if they do not accept you, then take back your kind words. 14 Sometimes you will go to some house or town and the people will not accept you there. They will not listen to your message. Then you should leave. Clean the dirt of that place off your feet. 15 I tell you this: One day God will punish people like that. God will punish them even more than the people who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah long ago.’[g]
16 Jesus then said to his disciples, ‘Listen well. I am sending you to people who will want to kill you. You will be like sheep among wild animals. You must watch carefully, like snakes do. But you must also be good and kind like doves.
17 Be careful! People will be against you. They will take you to stand in front of their leaders. They will punish you with whips in their meeting places. 18 They will take you to stand in front of kings and rulers. All this will happen because you are my disciples. You will tell all these important people and also the Gentiles the good news about me. 19 When they take you to stand in front of their leaders, do not be afraid. Do not worry about what you should say or how you should say it. At that time, God will give you the right words to speak. 20 You will not be speaking your own words. The Holy Spirit of your Father God will give you his own words to say.
21 At that time, a man will let people kill his own brother. A father will let people kill his own child. Children will be against their parents. They will even ask people to kill their parents. 22 All people will hate you because you are my disciples. But God will save the person who remains strong until the end. 23 If people in any town hurt you because of me, you should leave that town immediately. Go to another town. I tell you this: You will not have enough time to speak your message in all the towns of Israel. I, the Son of Man, will return before that can happen.
24 A student is not more important than his teacher is. A servant is not more important than his master is. 25 A student should be happy if he becomes like his teacher. A servant should be happy if he becomes like his master. People have called me, the master of the house, Beelzebul. You are like those people who live in my house. So do not be surprised when people call you even worse names than they call me.
26 So do not be afraid of these people. They hide the things that they do. But there will be a time when other people will see those things. Everyone will know all their secrets. 27 I tell you things secretly, like people do in the dark. But you must tell people these things clearly in the light of day. I have said things very quietly into your ears. But now you must shout those things loudly from the tops of the houses.[h]
28 Do not be afraid of those people who can kill only your body. These people cannot kill your soul. No, it is God that you should be afraid of. He can kill your body, and then he can also destroy your soul in hell. 29 Think about this. People sell two birds for just one small coin. But God takes care of these little birds. Not one of them can fall to the ground unless God lets it happen. 30 God even knows how many hairs there are on your head. 31 So do not be afraid of those people who are against you. You are more valuable to God than many little birds.
32 You should say clearly to other people, “I believe in Jesus.” If you do that, I will say to my Father in heaven, “This is someone who is my disciple.” 33 But if you say to other people, “I do not believe in Jesus,” I will then say to my Father in heaven, “I do not know that person. He is not one of my disciples.”
34 I will tell you why I have come into the world. I did not come so that everyone would agree with each other. No, I came to put people against one another, to fight against each other.[i]
35 A man will fight against his father.
A daughter will fight against her mother.
A woman will fight against her husband's mother.
36 A man's own family will fight against him.[j]
37 Nobody should love his own father and mother more than he loves me. If he does, he cannot be my disciple. Nobody should love his own son or daughter more than he loves me. If he does, then he cannot be my disciple. 38 If you really want to be one of my disciples, you must be ready to die for me. Live like a person who carries his own cross to go and die. 39 Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.’
Jesus teaches about God's gifts
40 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone accepts you in his home, then he is also accepting me. And anyone who accepts me, also accepts my Father God, who sent me. 41 Somebody may accept a prophet into his home because the visitor is a prophet of God. God will bless that person like he blesses a prophet. Or he may accept a good man who obeys God, because the man is good. God will bless that person like he blesses the good man. 42 People may think that my disciples are unimportant. But God will bless anyone who gives even a drink of cold water to one of them. I tell you, that person will never lose God's help.’
Footnotes
- 10:1 Jesus had many disciples. He chose 12 of them to be with him so that he could teach them. He also called these 12 men apostles. The word apostle means ‘someone whom his master sends out to do a job’. Their job was to tell other people about Jesus.
- 10:3 In his book John calls Bartholomew, Nathanael. See John 1:45.
- 10:3 Matthew is another name for Levi.
- 10:3 In this verse and in Mark 3:18, Judas, son of James is called Thaddaeus.
- 10:4 A Zealot was a man who wanted to fight against the Roman ruler. The Zealots wanted the Jews to rule Israel again.
- 10:5 The Samaritan people and the Jews did not like each other. Some of the Samaritans' ancestors were Jewish and some of them were not.
- 10:15 We can read about the cities called Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18. The people who lived in those towns were very bad. And they did not obey God.
- 10:27 At that time, the top of a house was flat. Sometimes people wanted everyone to hear what they said. So they shouted from the top of their house.
- 10:34 Jesus came to the world to bring men and God near together. He wanted people to believe in God and to obey him. But to do this he had to fight against bad things and against Satan. People who obey Satan will fight people who obey God.
- 10:36 Verses 35 and 36. See Micah 7:6
Matthew 10
King James Version
10 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner 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 publican; 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 commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be 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 as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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