Isaiah 62

New American Standard Bible

Zion’s Glory and New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her ^(A)righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her ^(B)salvation like a torch that is burning.
²The ^(C)nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new ^(D)name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
³You will also be a ^(E)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
⁴It will no longer be said to you, “^[a]^(F)Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “^[b]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “^[c]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “^[d]^(G)Married”;
For the ^(H)Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the ^[e]groom rejoices over the bride,
So your ^(I)God will rejoice over you.

⁶On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed ^(J)watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who ^(K)profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
⁷And ^(L)give Him no rest until He establishes
And makes ^(M)Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
⁸^(N)The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will ^(O)never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will ^[f]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
⁹But those who ^(P)harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^(Q)go through the gates,
Clear a way ^[g]for the people!
^(R)Build up, build up the ^(S)highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a ^(T)flag over the peoples.
¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^(U)end of the earth:
^(V)Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your ^(W)salvation is coming;
^(X)Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
¹²And they will call them, “^(Y)The holy people,
The ^(Z)redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City ^(AA)Not Abandoned.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Azubah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Shemamah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Hephzibah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Beulah
Isaiah 62:5 Lit joy of the groom is over
Isaiah 62:8 Lit sons of foreigners
Isaiah 62:10 Lit of

Matthew 10

New American Standard Bible

The Twelve Disciples; Instructions for Service

10 Jesus ^(A)summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to ^(B)heal every disease and every sickness.

²^(C)Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, ^(D)Simon, who is called Peter, and his brother ^(E)Andrew; and ^[a]^(F)James the son of Zebedee, and his brother ^[b]John; ³^(G)Philip and ^[c]Bartholomew; ^(H)Thomas and ^(I)Matthew the tax collector; ^[d]^(J)James the son of Alphaeus, and ^(K)Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the ^[e]Zealot, and ^(L)Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed Him.

⁵^(M)These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them, saying, “Do not go on a road ^[f]to Gentiles, and do not enter a city of ^(N)Samaritans; ⁶but rather go to ^(O)the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And as you go, ^[g]preach, saying, ‘^(P)The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. ⁹^(Q)Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, ¹⁰or a ^[h]bag for your journey, or even two ^[i]tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for ^(R)the worker is deserving of his ^[j]support. ¹¹And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay ^[k]at his house until you leave that city. ¹²As you enter the ^[l]house, ^(S)give it your ^[m]greeting. ¹³If the house is worthy, see that your blessing of peace comes upon it. But if it is not worthy, ^[n]take back your blessing of peace. ¹⁴And whoever does not receive you nor listen to your words, as you leave that house or city, ^(T)shake the dust off your feet. ¹⁵Truly I say to you, ^(U)it will be more tolerable for the land of ^(V)Sodom and Gomorrah on ^(W)the day of judgment, than for that city.

A Hard Road Ahead of Them

¹⁶“^(X)Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as ^(Y)wary as serpents, and as ^(Z)innocent as doves. ¹⁷But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to the ^(AA)courts and flog you ^(AB)in their synagogues; ¹⁸and you will even be brought before governors and kings on My account, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹^(AC)But when they hand you over, ^(AD)do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you in that hour. ²⁰For ^(AE)it is not you who are speaking, but it is the Spirit of your Father who is speaking ^[o]in you.

²¹“Now ^(AF)brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and ^(AG)children will rise up against parents and ^[p]cause them to be put to death. ²²And ^(AH)you will be hated by all because of My name, but ^(AI)it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

²³“But whenever they ^(AJ)persecute you in ^[q]one city, flee to the ^[r]next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel ^(AK)until the Son of Man comes.

The Meaning of Discipleship

²⁴“^(AL)A ^[s]disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he may become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. ^(AM)If they have called the head of the house ^[t]^(AN)Beelzebul, how much more will they insult the members of his household!

²⁶“So do not ^(AO)fear them, ^(AP)for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷^(AQ)What I tell you in the darkness, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim ^(AR)on the housetops. ²⁸And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather ^(AS)fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in ^[u]^(AT)hell. ²⁹^(AU)Are two sparrows not sold for an ^[v]assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰But ^(AV)even the hairs of your head are all counted. ³¹So do not fear; ^(AW)you are more valuable than a great number of sparrows.

³²“Therefore, ^(AX)everyone who ^[w]confesses Me before people, I will also confess ^[x]him before My Father who is in heaven. ³³But ^(AY)whoever denies Me before people, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

³⁴“^(AZ)Do not think that I came to ^[y]bring peace on the earth; I did not come to ^[z]bring peace, but a sword. ³⁵For I came to ^(BA)turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³⁶and ^(BB)a person’s enemies will be the members of his household.

³⁷“^(BC)The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁸And ^(BD)the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. ³⁹^(BE)The one who has found his ^[aa]life will lose it, and the one who has lost his ^[ab]life on My account will find it.

The Reward for Service

⁴⁰“^(BF)The one who ^[ac]receives you ^[ad]receives Me, and ^(BG)the one who ^[ae]receives Me ^[af]receives Him who sent Me. ⁴¹^(BH)The one who ^[ag]receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and the one who ^[ah]receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person shall receive a righteous person’s reward. ⁴²And ^(BI)whoever gives one of these ^[ai]little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.”

Footnotes

Matthew 10:2 Or Jacob
Matthew 10:2 Gr Joannes, for Heb Johanan
Matthew 10:3 I.e., son of Talmai (Aram)
Matthew 10:3 Or Jacob
Matthew 10:4 Or Cananaean
Matthew 10:5 Lit of
Matthew 10:7 Or proclaim
Matthew 10:10 Or knapsack; or beggar’s bag
Matthew 10:10 A long shirt worn next to the skin
Matthew 10:10 Lit nourishment
Matthew 10:11 Lit there until
Matthew 10:12 Or household
Matthew 10:12 I.e., the familiar Heb blessing, “Peace be to this house!”
Matthew 10:13 Lit your peace is to return to you
Matthew 10:20 Or by you
Matthew 10:21 Lit put them to death
Matthew 10:23 Lit this
Matthew 10:23 Lit other
Matthew 10:24 Or student
Matthew 10:25 Two early mss Beezebul; meaning uncertain, perhaps lord prince, referring to Satan
Matthew 10:28 Gr Gehenna
Matthew 10:29 A Roman copper coin, worth about 1/16 of a laborer’s daily wage
Matthew 10:32 Lit will confess in Me
Matthew 10:32 Lit in him
Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
Matthew 10:39 Or soul
Matthew 10:39 Or soul
Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:40 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:41 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:41 Or welcomes
Matthew 10:42 Possibly someone of low social standing