Matthew 10 : 1 (HCSB)
Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.
Matthew 10 : 2 (HCSB)
These are the names of the 12 apostles: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew 10 : 3 (HCSB)
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Matthew 10 : 4 (HCSB)
Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
Matthew 10 : 5 (HCSB)
Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: "Don't take the road leading to other nations, and don't enter any Samaritan town.
Matthew 10 : 6 (HCSB)
Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew 10 : 7 (HCSB)
As you go, announce this: 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
Matthew 10 : 8 (HCSB)
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.
Matthew 10 : 9 (HCSB)
Don't take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
Matthew 10 : 10 (HCSB)
Don't take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker is worthy of his food.
Matthew 10 : 11 (HCSB)
"When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
Matthew 10 : 12 (HCSB)
Greet a household when you enter it,
Matthew 10 : 13 (HCSB)
and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it. But if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew 10 : 14 (HCSB)
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.
Matthew 10 : 15 (HCSB)
I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
Matthew 10 : 16 (HCSB)
"Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.
Matthew 10 : 17 (HCSB)
Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them.
Matthew 10 : 18 (HCSB)
You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.
Matthew 10 : 19 (HCSB)
But when they hand you over, don't worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,
Matthew 10 : 20 (HCSB)
because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
Matthew 10 : 21 (HCSB)
"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.
Matthew 10 : 22 (HCSB)
You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
Matthew 10 : 23 (HCSB)
When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 10 : 24 (HCSB)
A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.
Matthew 10 : 25 (HCSB)
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!
Matthew 10 : 26 (HCSB)
"Therefore, 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.
Matthew 10 : 27 (HCSB)
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.
Matthew 10 : 28 (HCSB)
Don't fear 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 hell.
Matthew 10 : 29 (HCSB)
Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's consent.
Matthew 10 : 30 (HCSB)
But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
Matthew 10 : 31 (HCSB)
Don't be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Matthew 10 : 32 (HCSB)
"Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.
Matthew 10 : 33 (HCSB)
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
Matthew 10 : 34 (HCSB)
Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10 : 35 (HCSB)
For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Matthew 10 : 36 (HCSB)
and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.
Matthew 10 : 37 (HCSB)
The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 10 : 38 (HCSB)
And whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 10 : 39 (HCSB)
Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.
Matthew 10 : 40 (HCSB)
"The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.
Matthew 10 : 41 (HCSB)
Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he's righteous will receive a righteous person's reward.
Matthew 10 : 42 (HCSB)
And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple-- I assure you: He will never lose his reward!"
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