Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
1Jesus
called his
twelve
disciples
to him and
gave them
authority
to drive
out impure
spirits
and to
heal every
disease
and
sickness.
2 These
are the
names of
the twelve
apostles:
first,
Simon (who
is called
Peter) and
his
brother
Andrew;
James son
of
Zebedee,
and his
brother
John;
3 Philip
and
Bartholomew;
Thomas and
Matthew
the tax
collector;
James son
of
Alphaeus,
and
Thaddaeus;
4 Simon
the Zealot
and Judas
Iscariot,
who
betrayed
him.
5 These
twelve
Jesus sent
out with
the
following
instructions:
“Do not go among the Gentiles or enter
any town
of the
Samaritans.
6 Go
rather to
the lost
sheep of
Israel.
7 As
you go,
proclaim
this
message:
‘The
kingdom of
heaven has
come
near.’
8 Heal
the sick,
raise the
dead,
cleanse
those who
have
leprosy,
drive out
demons.
Freely you
have
received;
freely
give.
9 “Do
not get
any gold
or silver
or copper
to take
with you
in your
belts—
10 no
bag for
the
journey or
extra
shirt or
sandals or
a staff,
for the
worker is
worth his
keep.
11 Whatever
town or
village
you enter,
search
there for
some
worthy
person and
stay at
their
house
until you
leave.
12 As
you enter
the home,
give it
your
greeting.
13 If
the home
is
deserving,
let your
peace rest
on it; if
it is not,
let your
peace
return to
you.
14 If
anyone
will not
welcome
you or
listen to
your
words,
leave that
home or
town and
shake the
dust off
your feet.
15 Truly
I tell
you, it
will be
more
bearable
for Sodom
and
Gomorrah
on the day
of
judgment
than for
that town.
16 “I
am sending
you out
like sheep
among
wolves.
Therefore
be as
shrewd as
snakes and
as
innocent
as doves.
17 Be
on your
guard; you
will be
handed
over to
the local
councils
and be
flogged in
the
synagogues.
18 On
my account
you will
be brought
before
governors
and kings
as
witnesses
to them
and to the
Gentiles.
19 But
when they
arrest
you, do
not worry
about what
to say or
how to say
it. At
that time
you will
be given
what to
say,
20 for
it will
not be you
speaking,
but the
Spirit of
your
Father
speaking
through
you.
21 “Brother
will
betray
brother to
death, and
a father
his child;
children
will rebel
against
their
parents
and have
them put
to death.
22 You
will be
hated by
everyone
because of
me, but
the one
who stands
firm to
the end
will be
saved.
23 When
you are
persecuted
in one
place,
flee to
another.
Truly I
tell you,
you will
not finish
going
through
the towns
of Israel
before the
Son of Man
comes.
24 “The
student is
not above
the
teacher,
nor a
servant
above his
master.
25 It
is enough
for
students
to be like
their
teachers,
and
servants
like their
masters.
If the
head of
the house
has been
called
Beelzebul,
how much
more the
members of
his
household!
26 “So
do not be
afraid of
them, for
there is
nothing
concealed
that will
not be
disclosed,
or hidden
that will
not be
made
known.
27 What
I tell you
in the
dark,
speak in
the
daylight;
what is
whispered
in your
ear,
proclaim
from the
roofs.
28 Do
not be
afraid of
those who
kill the
body but
cannot
kill the
soul.
Rather, be
afraid of
the One
who can
destroy
both soul
and body
in hell.
29 Are
not two
sparrows
sold for a
penny? Yet
not one of
them will
fall to
the ground
outside
your
Father’s
care.
30 And
even the
very hairs
of your
head are
all
numbered.
31 So
don’t be
afraid;
you are
worth more
than many
sparrows.
32 “Whoever
acknowledges
me before
others, I
will also
acknowledge
before my
Father in
heaven.
33 But
whoever
disowns me
before
others, I
will
disown
before my
Father in
heaven.
34 “Do
not
suppose
that I
have come
to bring
peace to
the earth.
I did not
come to
bring
peace, but
a sword.
35 For
I have
come to
turn
“‘a man against his father,
a
daughter
against
her
mother,
a
daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law—
36 a
man’s
enemies
will be
the
members of
his own
household.’
37 “Anyone
who loves
their
father or
mother
more than
me is not
worthy of
me; anyone
who loves
their son
or
daughter
more than
me is not
worthy of
me.
38 Whoever
does not
take up
their
cross and
follow me
is not
worthy of
me.
39 Whoever
finds
their life
will lose
it, and
whoever
loses
their life
for my
sake will
find it.
40 “Anyone
who
welcomes
you
welcomes
me, and
anyone who
welcomes
me
welcomes
the one
who sent
me.
41 Whoever
welcomes a
prophet as
a prophet
will
receive a
prophet’s
reward,
and
whoever
welcomes a
righteous
person as
a
righteous
person
will
receive a
righteous
person’s
reward.
42 And
if anyone
gives even
a cup of
cold water
to one of
these
little
ones who
is my
disciple,
truly I
tell you,
that
person
will
certainly
not lose
their
reward.”