Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 Mat 10:1 |
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. |
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Mat 10:2 |
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; |
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Mat 10:3 |
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; [fn] |
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Mat 10:4 |
Simon the Zealot, [fn] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. |
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Mat 10:5 |
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, |
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Mat 10:6 |
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
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Mat 10:7 |
And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' |
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Mat 10:8 |
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, [fn] cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. |
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Mat 10:9 |
Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, |
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Mat 10:10 |
no bag for your journey, or two tunics [fn] or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food. |
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Mat 10:11 |
And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. |
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Mat 10:12 |
As you enter the house, greet it. |
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Mat 10:13 |
And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. |
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Mat 10:14 |
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. |
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Mat 10:15 |
Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. |
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Mat 10:16 |
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. |
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Mat 10:17 |
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, |
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Mat 10:18 |
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. |
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Mat 10:19 |
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. |
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Mat 10:20 |
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. |
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Mat 10:21 |
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, |
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Mat 10:22 |
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. |
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Mat 10:23 |
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. |
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Mat 10:24 |
"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant [fn] above his master. |
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Mat 10:25 |
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign [fn] those of his household. |
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Mat 10:26 |
"So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. |
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Mat 10:27 |
What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. |
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Mat 10:28 |
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. [fn] |
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Mat 10:29 |
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? [fn] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. |
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Mat 10:30 |
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. |
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Mat 10:31 |
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. |
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Mat 10:32 |
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, |
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Mat 10:33 |
but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. |
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Mat 10:34 |
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
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Mat 10:35 |
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. |
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Mat 10:36 |
And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. |
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Mat 10:37 |
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. |
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Mat 10:38 |
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. |
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Mat 10:39 |
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
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Mat 10:40 |
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. |
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Mat 10:41 |
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. |
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Mat 10:42 |
And whoever gives one of 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." |
ESV Footnotes:
- (10:3) Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
- (10:4) Greek kananaios, meaning zealot
- (10:8) Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
- (10:10) Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
- (10:24) Greek bondservant; also verse 25
- (10:25) Greek lacks will they malign
- (10:28) Greek Gehenna
- (10:29) Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)
