1 Then Jesus a10:1 Lit. he called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness. ISV — Matthew 10:1
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; ISV — Matthew 10:2
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; b10:3 Other mss. read Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus ISV — Matthew 10:3
4 Simon the Cananaean c10:4 Cananaean is Aram. for Zealot. and Judas Iscariot, who later d10:4 Lit. also betrayed Jesus. e10:4 Lit. him ( ; ) ISV — Matthew 10:4
5 These were the Twelve whom Jesus sent out after he had given them these f10:5 The Gk. lacks these instructions: “Don’t turn on to the road that leads to the unbelievers, g10:5 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews and don’t enter Samaritan towns. ISV — Matthew 10:5
6 Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation h10:6 Lit. house of Israel. ISV — Matthew 10:6
7 As you go, make this announcement: ‘The kingdom from i10:7 Lit. of heaven is near!’ ISV — Matthew 10:7
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment. ISV — Matthew 10:8
9 Don’t take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags, ISV — Matthew 10:9
10 or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, j10:10 Lit. two shirts or sandals, or a walking stick, because a worker deserves his food. ISV — Matthew 10:10
11 “Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is receptive k10:11 Lit. worthy in it and stay there until you leave. ISV — Matthew 10:11
12 As you enter the house, greet its occupants. l10:12 The Gk. lacks its occupants ISV — Matthew 10:12
13 If the household is receptive, m10:13 Lit. worthy let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn’t receptive, n10:13 Lit. worthy let your blessing of peace return to you. ISV — Matthew 10:13
14 If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet. ISV — Matthew 10:14
15 I tell all of you o10:15 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. with certainty, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!” ( ; ; ) ISV — Matthew 10:15
16 “Pay attention, now! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as serpents and as innocent as doves. ISV — Matthew 10:16
17 Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues. ISV — Matthew 10:17
18 You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers. p10:18 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews ISV — Matthew 10:18
19 When they hand you over, don’t worry about how you are to speak q10:19 The Gk. lacks you are to speak or what you are to say, because in that hour what you are to say will be given to you. ISV — Matthew 10:19
20 It won’t be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through r10:20 Or in you. ISV — Matthew 10:20
21 “Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death. ISV — Matthew 10:21
22 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved. ISV — Matthew 10:22
23 So when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, because I tell all of you s10:23 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. with certainty that you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. ISV — Matthew 10:23
24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, and a slave is not above his master. ISV — Matthew 10:24
25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, t10:25 The name means Lord of the Flies; i.e. Satan how much more will they do the same to u10:25 The Gk. lacks will they do the same to those of his household!” ( ) ISV — Matthew 10:25
26 “So never be afraid of them, because there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing secret that will not be made known. ISV — Matthew 10:26
27 What I tell you in darkness you must speak in the daylight, and what is whispered v10:27 Lit. what you hear in your ear you must shout from the housetops. ISV — Matthew 10:27
28 Stop being w10:28 Or Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body but can’t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both body and soul in hell. x10:28 Gehenna; a Gk. transliteration of the Heb. for Valley of Hinnom ISV — Matthew 10:28
29 “Two sparrows are sold for a penny, aren’t they? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s permission. y10:29 Lit. apart from your Father ISV — Matthew 10:29
30 Indeed, even the hairs on your head have all been counted! ISV — Matthew 10:30
31 So stop being z10:31 Or don’t be afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows.” ( ) ISV — Matthew 10:31
32 “Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before people I, too, will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. ISV — Matthew 10:32
33 But whoever denies me before people I, too, will deny before my Father in heaven.” ( ) ISV — Matthew 10:33
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword! aa10:34 i.e. conflict ISV — Matthew 10:34
35 I came to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ISV — Matthew 10:35
36 A person’s enemies will include members of his own family.’ bb10:36 Cf. Mic 7:6 ( ) ISV — Matthew 10:36
37 “The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn’t worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. ISV — Matthew 10:37
38 The one who doesn’t take up his cross and follow me isn’t worthy of me. ISV — Matthew 10:38
39 The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.” ( ) ISV — Matthew 10:39
40 “The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me. ISV — Matthew 10:40
41 The one who receives a prophet as cc10:41 Lit. in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as dd10:41 Lit. in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. ISV — Matthew 10:41
42 I tell all of you ee10:42 The Gk. pronoun you is pl. with certainty, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is ff10:42 Lit. in the name of a disciple will never lose his reward.” ISV — Matthew 10:42