Jesus Sends Out the Twelve(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)

10 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits(F) and to heal every disease and sickness.(G)

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.(H)

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.(I) Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.(J) As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven(K) has come near.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts(L) 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.(M) 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting.(N) 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.(O) 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah(P) on the day of judgment(Q) than for that town.(R)

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(S) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(T) 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils(U) and be flogged in the synagogues.(V) 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(W) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(X) At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(Y) speaking through you.

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(Z) and have them put to death.(AA) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(AB) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(AC) 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.(AD)

24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.(AE) 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,(AF) how much more the members of his household!

26 “So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(AG) 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One(AH) who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[b] 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.(AI) 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(AJ)

32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others,(AK) I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.(AL)

34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law(AM)
36     a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[c](AN)

37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.(AO) 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.(AP) 39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(AQ)

40 “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me,(AR) and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.(AS) 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:8 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  2. Matthew 10:29 Or will; or knowledge
  3. Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6

The Twelve Apostles

10 (A)And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. (B)The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, (C)who is called Peter, and (D)Andrew his brother; (E)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and (F)Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;[a] Simon the Zealot,[b] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

(G)These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of (H)the Samaritans, (I)but go rather to (J)the lost sheep of (K)the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, (L)‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’[c] (M)Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,[d] cast out demons. (N)You received without paying; give without pay. (O)Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, 10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics[e] or sandals or a staff, for (P)the laborer deserves his food. 11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. 12 As you enter the house, (Q)greet it. 13 And if the house is (R)worthy, let (S)your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let (T)your peace return to you. 14 And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, (U)shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. 15 Truly, I say to you, (V)it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for (W)the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Persecution Will Come

16 (X)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (Y)wise as serpents and (Z)innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for (AA)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you (AB)in their synagogues, 18 (AC)and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, (AD)to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 (AE)When (AF)they deliver you over, (AG)do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for (AH)what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 (AI)For it is not you who speak, but (AJ)the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 (AK)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 (AL)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (AM)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they (AN)persecute you in one town, (AO)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel (AP)before the Son of Man comes.

24 (AQ)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant[f] above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. (AR)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign[g] those of his household.

Have No Fear

26 “So have no fear of them, (AS)for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on (AT)the housetops. 28 And (AU)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him (AV)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[h] 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?[i] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But (AW)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; (AX)you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 (AY)So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but (AZ)whoever denies me before men, (BA)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 (BB)“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. (BC)I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 (BD)For I have come (BE)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 (BF)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 (BG)Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And (BH)whoever does not take his cross and (BI)follow me is not worthy of me. 39 (BJ)Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Rewards

40 (BK)“Whoever receives you receives me, and (BL)whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41 (BM)The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 And (BN)whoever gives one of (BO)these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:3 Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
  2. Matthew 10:4 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot
  3. Matthew 10:7 Or The kingdom of heaven has come near
  4. Matthew 10:8 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
  5. Matthew 10:10 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
  6. Matthew 10:24 Or bondservant; also verse 25
  7. Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign
  8. Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna
  9. Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

10 At pinalapit niya sa kaniya ang kaniyang labingdalawang alagad, at binigyan niya sila ng kapamahalaan laban sa mga karumaldumal na espiritu, upang mapalabas nila, at upang kanilang mapagaling ang lahat ng sarisaring sakit at ang lahat ng sarisaring karamdaman.

Ang mga pangalan nga ng labingdalawang apostol ay ito: Ang una'y si Simon na tinatawag na Pedro, at si Andres na kaniyang kapatid; si Santiago na anak ni Zebedeo, at ang kaniyang kapatid na si Juan;

Si Felipe, at si Bartolome; si Tomas, at si Mateo na maniningil ng buwis; si Santiago na anak ni Alfeo at si Tadeo;

Si Simon na Cananeo, at si Judas Iscariote, na siya ring sa kaniya'y nagkanulo.

Ang labingdalawang ito'y sinugo ni Jesus, at sila'y pinagbilinan, na sinasabi, Huwag kayong magsitungo sa alin mang daan ng mga Gentil, at huwag kayong magsipasok sa alin mang bayan ng mga taga Samaria:

Kundi bagkus magsiparoon kayo sa mga tupang nangawaglit sa bahay ni Israel.

At samantalang kayo'y nangaglalakad, ay magsipangaral kayo, na mangagsabi, Ang kaharian ng langit ay malapit na.

Mangagpagaling kayo ng mga may sakit, mangagpabangon kayo ng mga patay, mangaglinis kayo ng mga ketong, mangagpalabas kayo ng mga demonio: tinanggap ninyong walang bayad, ay ibigay ninyong walang bayad.

Huwag kayong mangagbaon ng ginto, kahit pilak, kahit tanso sa inyong mga supot:

10 Kahit supot ng pagkain sa paglalakad, kahit dalawang tunika, kahit mga pangyapak, o tungkod: sapagka't ang manggagawa ay karapatdapat sa kaniyang pagkain.

11 At sa alin mang bayan o nayon na inyong pasukin, siyasatin ninyo kung sino roon ang karapatdapat; at magsitahan kayo roon hanggang sa kayo'y magsialis.

12 At pagpasok ninyo sa bahay, ay batiin ninyo ito.

13 At kung karapatdapat ang bahay, ay dumoon ang inyong kapayapaan: datapuwa't kung hindi karapatdapat, ay mabalik sa inyo ang kapayapaan ninyo.

14 At sinomang hindi tumanggap sa inyo, ni duminig sa inyong mga pananalita, pagalis ninyo sa bahay o bayang yaon, ay ipagpag ninyo ang alabok ng inyong mga paa.

15 Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Higit na mapagpapaumanhinan ang lupa ng Sodoma at ng Gomorra sa araw ng paghuhukom, kay sa bayang yaon.

16 Narito, sinusugo ko kayong gaya ng mga tupa sa gitna ng mga lobo: mangagpakatalino nga kayong gaya ng mga ahas at mangagpakatimtimang gaya ng mga kalapati.

17 Datapuwa't mangagpakaingat kayo sa mga tao: sapagka't kayo'y ibibigay nila sa mga Sanedrin at kayo'y hahampasin sa kanilang mga sinagoga;

18 Oo at kayo'y dadalhin sa harap ng mga gobernador at mga hari dahil sa akin, sa pagpapatotoo sa kanila at sa mga Gentil.

19 Datapuwa't pagka kayo'y ibinigay nila, huwag ninyong ikabalisa kung paano o kung ano ang inyong sasabihin: sapagka't sa oras na yaon ay ipagkakaloob sa inyo ang inyong sasabihin.

20 Sapagka't hindi kayo ang mangagsasalita, kundi ang Espiritu ng inyong Ama ang sa inyo'y magsasalita.

21 At ibibigay ng kapatid ang kapatid sa kamatayan, at ng ama ang kaniyang anak: at mangaghihimagsik ang mga anak laban sa kanilang mga magulang, at sila'y ipapapatay.

22 At kayo'y kapopootan ng lahat ng mga tao dahil sa aking pangalan: datapuwa't ang magtitiis hanggang sa wakas, ay siyang maliligtas.

23 Datapuwa't pagka kayo'y pinagusig nila sa isang bayang ito, ay magsitakas kayo tungo sa kasunod na bayan: sapagka't sa katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Hindi ninyo matatapos libutin ang mga bayan ng Israel, hanggang sa pumarito ang Anak ng tao.

24 Hindi mataas ang alagad sa kaniyang guro, ni hindi rin mataas ang alila sa kaniyang panginoon.

25 Sukat na sa alagad ang maging katulad ng kaniyang guro, at sa alila ang maging katulad ng kaniyang panginoon. Kung pinanganlan nilang Beelzebub ang panginoon ng sangbahayan, gaano pa kaya ang mga kasangbahay niya!

26 Huwag nga ninyo silang katakutan: sapagka't walang bagay na natatakpan, na hindi mahahayag; at natatago na hindi malalaman.

27 Ang sinasabi ko sa inyo sa kadiliman, ay sabihin ninyo sa kaliwanagan; at ang narinig ninyo sa bulong, ay inyong ipagsigawan sa mga bubungan.

28 At huwag kayong mangatakot sa mga nagsisipatay ng katawan, datapuwa't hindi nangakakapatay sa kaluluwa: kundi bagkus ang katakutan ninyo'y yaong makapupuksa sa kaluluwa at sa katawan sa impierno.

29 Hindi baga ipinagbibili ng isang beles ang dalawang maya? at kahit isa sa kanila'y hindi mahuhulog sa lupa kung hindi pahintulot ng inyong Ama:

30 Datapuwa't maging ang mga buhok ng inyong ulo ay pawang bilang na lahat.

31 Huwag nga kayong mangatakot: kayo'y lalong mahalaga kay sa maraming maya.

32 Kaya't ang bawa't kumikilala sa akin sa harap ng mga tao, ay kikilalanin ko naman siya sa harap ng aking Ama na nasa langit.

33 Datapuwa't sinomang sa aki'y magkaila sa harap ng mga tao, ay ikakaila ko naman siya sa harap ng aking Ama na nasa langit.

34 Huwag ninyong isiping ako'y naparito upang magdala ng kapayapaan sa lupa: hindi ako naparito upang magdala ng kapayapaan, kundi tabak.

35 Sapagka't ako'y naparito upang papagalitin ang lalake laban sa kaniyang ama, at ang anak na babae laban sa kaniyang ina, at ang manugang na babae laban sa kaniyang biyanang babae:

36 At ang magiging kaaway ng tao ay ang kaniya ring sariling kasangbahay.

37 Ang umiibig sa ama o sa ina ng higit kay sa akin ay hindi karapatdapat sa akin; at ang umiibig sa anak na lalake o anak na babae ng higit kay sa akin ay hindi karapatdapat sa akin.

38 At ang hindi nagpapasan ng kaniyang krus at sumusunod sa akin, ay hindi karapatdapat sa akin.

39 Ang nakasusumpong ng kaniyang buhay ay mawawalan nito; at ang mawalan ng buhay dahil sa akin ay makasusumpong niyaon.

40 Ang tumatanggap sa inyo ay ako ang tinatanggap, at ang tumatanggap sa akin ay tinatanggap ang nagsugo sa akin.

41 Ang tumatanggap sa isang propeta dahil sa pangalan ng propeta ay tatanggap ng ganti ng isang propeta: at ang tumatanggap sa isang taong matuwid dahil sa pangalan ng isang taong matuwid ay tatanggap ng ganti ng isang taong matuwid.

42 At sinomang magpainom sa isa sa maliliit na ito ng kahit isang sarong tubig na malamig, dahil sa pangalang alagad, katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo na hindi mawawala ang ganti sa kaniya.