The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Matthew 10
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.
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;
3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas;
Matthew the tax collector; James the son of
Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called†
Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed him.
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.
6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel.
7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom
of Heaven is at hand!’
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,‡ and
cast out demons. Freely you received, so
freely give.
9 Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in
your money belts.
10 Take no bag for your journey, neither
two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the
laborer is worthy of his food.
11 Into whatever city or village you enter,
find out who in it is worthy, and stay there
until you go on.
12 As you enter into the household,
greet it.
13 If the household is worthy, let your
peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let
your peace return to you.
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.
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.
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep
among wolves. Therefore be wise as
serpents and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of men, for they will
deliver you up to councils, and in
their synagogues they will scourge you.
18 Yes, and you will be brought before
governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony to them and to the nations.
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.
20 For it is not you who speak, but the
Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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.
22 You will be hated by all men for my
name’s sake, but he who endures to the
end will be saved.
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.
24 “A disciple is not above his teacher,
nor a servant above his lord.
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!
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.
27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak
in the light; and what you hear whispered
in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
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.†
29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an
assarion coin?‡ Not one of them falls to the
ground apart from your Father’s will.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all
numbered.
31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of
more value than many sparrows.
32 Everyone therefore who confesses me
before men, I will also confess him before
my Father who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before men, I
will also deny him before my Father who is
in heaven.
34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace
on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace,
but a sword.
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.
36 A man’s foes will be those of his own
household.*
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. 38 He who doesn’t take his
cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.
39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and
he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 “He who receives youreceivesme, and
he who receives me receives him who sent me.
41 He who receives aprophet 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.
42 Whoever gives one of these little ones
just a cup of cold water to drink in the
name of a disciple, most certainly Itell you,
he will in no way lose his reward.”