Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ Jesus sent out these twelve. He said to them, `Do not go to the people who are not Jews. Do not go to any town of the Samaritan people.

⁶ But go to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep.

⁷ As you go, tell people that the kingdom of heaven is here.

⁸ Heal sick people. Bring dead people to life. Heal people who have leprosy. Drive bad spirits out of people You got it free, so give it free to others

⁹ Do not take gold, silver, or brass money with you.

¹⁰ Do not take a bag with you, and do not take two shirts, shoes, or a walking stick. The one who does the work should be given his food.

¹¹ When you come to any city or town, ask who there is able to have you. Then live there until you leave the town.

¹² When you go into the house, greet the family with a blessing.

¹³ If the family is all right, let your blessing stay on it. If it is not all right, take your blessing away.

¹⁴ In some places people will not take you in, or listen to what you say. So when you leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet.

¹⁵ I tell you the truth. On the day when people are judged, the people from that city will be punished harder than the people from the country of Sodom and Gomorrah.'

¹⁶ `I am sending you out amongst people. You will be like sheep amongst bad animals like wolves. So be wise like snakes, and harmless like doves.

¹⁷ But take care. Men will take you to their courts. They will beat you in their meeting houses.

¹⁸ They will bring you to rulers and kings for my sake. Then you will talk about me to them and to those who are not Jews.

¹⁹ When men take you to court, do not be troubled about what you will say. What you are to say will come to your mind at the right time.

²⁰ It is not you who speak. But it is the Spirit of your Father who is speaking through you.

²¹ A brother will take his brother to be killed. A father will take his child. The children will talk against their father and mother, and have them killed.

²² Everyone will hate you because you are true to me. But the person who keeps on being true to me until the end, will be saved.

²³ When they trouble you in one town, go to another. I tell you the truth. You will not go to all the towns in Israel before the Son of Man comes.