Commissioning the Twelve

10 Summoning His 12 disciples,(A) He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every[a] disease and sickness.(B) These are the names of the 12 apostles:(C)

First, Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew his brother;
James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;
Philip and Bartholomew;[b]
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;[c]
Simon the Zealot,[d] and Judas Iscariot,[e]
who also betrayed Him.(D)

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan(E) town. Instead, go to the lost sheep(F) of the house of Israel.(G) As you go, announce this: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’(H) Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons.(I) You have received free of charge; give free of charge. Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.(J) 10 Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker(K) is worthy of his food.

11 “When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12 Greet a household when you enter it,(L) 13 and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it. But if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.(M) 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet(N) when you leave that house or town. 15 I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment(O) for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.(P)

Persecutions Predicted

16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.(Q) 17 Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins[f] and flog you in their synagogues,(R) beware of them. 18 You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.(S) 19 But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak.(T) For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20 because you are not speaking, but the Spirit(U) of your Father is speaking through you.(V)

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.(W) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name.(X) But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.[g](Y) 23 When they persecute you in one town, escape to another.(Z) For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 A disciple[h] is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.(AA) 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!(AB)

Fear God

26 “Therefore,(AC) don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.(AD) 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[i] proclaim on the housetops.(AE) 28 Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul;(AF) rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.(AG) 29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny?[j] Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s(AH) consent.[k] 30 But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.(AI) 31 So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.(AJ)

Acknowledging Christ

32 “Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.(AK) 33 But whoever denies Me before men,(AL) I will also deny him before My Father in heaven. 34 Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.(AM) 35 For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household.(AN)[l]

37 The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;(AO) the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow[m] Me is not worthy of Me. 39 Anyone finding[n] his life will lose it,(AP) and anyone losing[o] his life because of Me will find it.(AQ)

A Cup of Cold Water

40 “The one who welcomes you welcomes Me,(AR) and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.(AS) 41 Anyone who[p] welcomes a prophet(AT) because he is a prophet[q] will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who[r] welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous[s] will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And whoever gives(AU) just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple[t](AV)—I assure you: He will never lose his reward!”

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:1 Or every kind of
  2. Matthew 10:3 Probably the Nathanael of Jn 1:45-51
  3. Matthew 10:3 Other mss read and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus
  4. Matthew 10:4 Lit the Cananaean
  5. Matthew 10:4 Iscariot is probably “a man of Kerioth,” a town in Judea.
  6. Matthew 10:17 Local Jewish courts or local councils
  7. Matthew 10:22 Or saved
  8. Matthew 10:24 Or student
  9. Matthew 10:27 Lit in the ear
  10. Matthew 10:29 Gk assarion, a small copper coin
  11. Matthew 10:29 Lit ground apart from your Father
  12. Matthew 10:36 Mc 7:6
  13. Matthew 10:38 Lit follow after
  14. Matthew 10:39 Or The one who finds
  15. Matthew 10:39 Or and the one who loses
  16. Matthew 10:41 Or The one who
  17. Matthew 10:41 Lit prophet in the name of a prophet
  18. Matthew 10:41 Or And the one who
  19. Matthew 10:41 Lit person in the name of a righteous person
  20. Matthew 10:42 Lit little ones in the name of a disciple

10 · kai Jesus gathered proskaleō · ho his autos twelve dōdeka disciples mathētēs and gave didōmi them autos authority exousia over unclean akathartos spirits pneuma so hōste that they could drive ekballō them autos out and kai heal therapeuō every pas kind of disease nosos and kai sickness malakia. These houtos are eimi the ho names onoma of the ho · de twelve dōdeka apostles apostolos: first prōtos, Simon Simōn, who ho is called legō Peter Petros, then kai Andrew Andreas · ho his autos brother adelphos; · kai James Iakōbos the ho son of ho Zebedee Zebedaios, and kai John Iōannēs · ho his autos brother adelphos; Philip Philippos and kai Bartholomew Bartholomaios; Thomas Thōmas and kai Matthew the ho tax telōnēs collector ; James Iakōbos the ho son of ho Alphaeus Halphaios, and kai Thaddaeus Thaddaios; Simon Simōn the ho Cananaean Kananaios, and kai Judas Ioudas · ho Iscariot Iskariōtēs, who ho · kai betrayed paradidōmi him autos.

These houtos · ho twelve dōdeka Jesus Iēsous sent apostellō out · ho after instructing parangellō them autos as follows legō: “ Do aperchomai not go aperchomai among eis hodos the Gentiles ethnos and kai do eiserchomai not enter eiserchomai any Samaritan Samaritēs town polis; but de go poreuō rather mallon to pros the ho lost apollymi sheep probaton · ho of the house oikos of Israel Israēl. As you go poreuō, · de proclaim kēryssō the message, saying legō, ‘ The ho kingdom basileia of ho heaven ouranos is at hand engizō.’ Heal therapeuō the sick astheneō, raise egeirō the dead nekros, cleanse katharizō the lepers lepros, drive out ekballō demons daimonion. Freely dōrean you received lambanō, freely dōrean give didōmi. Do not take ktaomai gold chrysos, or mēde silver argyros, or mēde copper chalkos in eis · ho your hymeis money zōnē belts , 10 or a bag pēra for eis your journey hodos, or mēde two dyo tunics chitōn, or mēde sandals hypodēma, or mēde a staff rhabdos; for gar the ho worker ergatēs deserves axios · ho his autos keep trophē. 11 And whatever hos · de town polis or ē village kōmē you enter eiserchomai, find exetazō out who tis in en it autos is eimi worthy axios and kakei stay menō there until heōs an you leave exerchomai. 12 And de when you enter eiserchomai a ho house oikia, give aspazomai it autos your greeting . 13 · kai If ean the ho household oikia is eimi worthy axios, let your hymeis greeting of peace eirēnē come erchomai · ho upon epi it autos; but de if ean it is eimi not worthy axios, let epistrephō · ho your hymeis peace eirēnē return epistrephō to pros you hymeis. 14 And kai if anyone hos will not receive dechomai you hymeis or mēde listen akouō to · ho your hymeis message logos, as you leave exerchomai · ho that house oikia or ē · ho that ekeinos town polis shake ektinassō off the ho dust koniortos from ho your hymeis feet pous. 15 I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, it will be eimi more bearable anektos for the land of Sodom Sodoma and kai Gomorrah Gomorra in en the day hēmera of judgment krisis than ē for · ho that ekeinos town polis.

16  Behold idou, I egō am sending apostellō you hymeis out as hōs sheep probaton in en the midst mesos of wolves lykos; so oun be ginomai shrewd phronimos as hōs · ho serpents ophis and kai innocent akeraios as hōs · ho doves peristera. 17 And de beware prosechō of apo · ho men anthrōpos, for gar they will hand paradidōmi you hymeis over to eis the courts synedrion, and kai they will flog mastigoō you hymeis in en · ho their autos synagogues synagōgē; 18 and kai you will be brought agō before epi governors hēgemōn · de and kai kings basileus for my egō sake, as eis a testimony martyrion to them autos and kai to the ho Gentiles ethnos. 19 But de when hotan they hand paradidōmi you hymeis over , do not worry merimnaō about how pōs you are to speak or ē what tis you are to say laleō; for gar what tis you are to say laleō will be given didōmi to you hymeis at en that ekeinos · ho time hōra. 20 For gar it will eimi not ou be eimi you hymeis · ho speaking laleō but alla the ho Spirit pneuma of ho your hymeis Father patēr · ho speaking laleō through en you hymeis.

21  Brother adelphos will hand paradidōmi over · de brother adelphos to eis death thanatos, and kai a father patēr his child teknon, and kai children teknon will rise epanistēmi up against epi parents goneus and kai have them autos put to death thanatoō. 22 And kai you will be eimi hated miseō by hypo all pas on dia account of · ho my egō name onoma. But de the ho one who endures hypomenō to eis the end telos, this houtos one will be saved sōzō. 23 When hotan · de they persecute diōkō you hymeis in en · ho one houtos town polis, flee pheugō to eis · ho another heteros; for gar I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, you will not ou mē finish teleō going through all the ho towns polis of ho Israel Israēl before heōs an the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos comes erchomai.

24 “A disciple mathētēs is eimi not ou above hyper his ho teacher didaskalos, nor oude a servant above hyper · ho his autos master kyrios. 25 It is enough arketos for the ho disciple mathētēs that hina he be ginomai as hōs · ho his autos teacher didaskalos, and kai the ho servant as hōs · ho his autos master kyrios. If ei they have called epikaleō the ho head oikodespotēs of the house Beelzebul Beelzeboul,’ how posos much more mallon will they revile the ho members oikiakos of his autos household !

26  Therefore oun do not be afraid phobeomai of them autos; for gar there is eimi nothing oudeis covered kalyptō that hos will not ou be uncovered apokalyptō, and kai hidden kryptos that hos will not ou be made known ginōskō. 27 What hos I say legō to you hymeis in en the ho darkness skotia, speak legō in en the ho light phōs; and kai what hos you hear akouō in eis the ho ear ous proclaim kēryssō from epi the ho housetops dōma. 28 · kai Do not be afraid phobeomai of apo those ho who can kill apokteinō the ho body sōma but de cannot kill apokteinō the ho soul psychē. Rather de mallon, fear phobeomai the ho one who can dynamai destroy apollymi both kai soul psychē and kai body sōma in en hell geenna. 29 Are pōleō not ouchi two dyo sparrows strouthion sold pōleō for a penny assarion? Yet kai not ou one heis of ek them autos will fall piptō to epi the ho ground apart aneu from · ho your hymeis Father patēr. 30 But de even kai the ho hairs thrix of ho your hymeis head kephalē have all pas been eimi counted arithmeō. 31 So oun do not be afraid phobeomai; you hymeis are of greater value diapherō than many polys sparrows strouthion. 32 So oun everyone pas who hostis will acknowledge homologeō me egō before emprosthen · ho others anthrōpos, I kagō will acknowledge homologeō him autos before emprosthen · ho my egō Father patēr who ho is in en · ho heaven ouranos; 33 but de whoever hostis disowns arneomai me egō before emprosthen · ho others anthrōpos, I kagō will disown arneomai him autos before emprosthen · ho my egō Father patēr who ho is in en · ho heaven ouranos.

34  Do not think nomizō that hoti I have come erchomai to bring ballō peace eirēnē to epi the ho earth . I did not ou come erchomai to bring ballō peace eirēnē, but alla a sword machaira. 35 For gar I came erchomai to turn dichazō a man anthrōpos against kata · ho his autos father patēr, and kai a daughter thugatēr against kata · ho her autos mother mētēr, and kai a daughter-in-law nymphē against kata · ho her autos mother-in-law penthera; 36 and kai a man’ s anthrōpos enemies echthros · ho will be · ho members oikiakos of his autos own household. 37 Whoever ho loves phileō father patēr or ē mother mētēr more hyper than me egō is eimi not ou worthy axios of me egō, and kai whoever ho loves phileō son hyios or ē daughter thugatēr more hyper than me egō is eimi not ou worthy axios of me egō. 38 And kai whoever hos does not ou take lambanō up · ho his autos cross stauros and kai follow akoloutheō me egō is eimi not ou worthy axios of me egō. 39 Whoever ho finds heuriskō · ho his autos life psychē will lose apollymi it autos, but kai whoever ho loses apollymi · ho his autos life psychē for my egō sake will find heuriskō it autos.

40  Whoever ho receives dechomai you hymeis receives dechomai me egō, and kai whoever ho receives dechomai me egō receives dechomai the ho one who sent apostellō me egō. 41 Whoever ho welcomes dechomai a prophet prophētēs because eis he onoma is a prophet prophētēs will receive lambanō a prophet’ s prophētēs reward misthos, and kai whoever ho welcomes dechomai a righteous dikaios person because eis he onoma is a righteous dikaios person will receive lambanō a righteous person’ s dikaios reward misthos. 42 And kai whoever hos an, because eis he is onoma a disciple mathētēs, gives potizō one heis of ho these houtos little mikros ones even monon a cup potērion of cold psychros water to drink, I tell legō you hymeis the truth amēn, he will by no means ou lose apollymi · ho his autos reward misthos.”