Read Matthew 10

World English Bible · 42 verses

1. ¹ He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
25. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
26. ²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
27. ²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
28. ²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
29. ²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
30. ³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
31. ³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
32. ³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
33. ³³ But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
34. ³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
35. ³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
36. ³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
37. ³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
38. ³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
39. ³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
40. ⁴⁰ “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
41. ⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
42. ⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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