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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Matthew 10 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Matthew 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/9.htm" title="Matthew 9">◄</a> Matthew 10 <a href="../matthew/11.htm" title="Matthew 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/matthew/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Jesus Sends Out the Twelve</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: <span class="red">“Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.">a</a></sup></span> drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="red">no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">As you enter the home, give it your greeting.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">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,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">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.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">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!</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">“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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or will; or knowledge">b</a></sup></span> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">For I have come to turn</span></p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="red">“ ‘a man against his father,</span></p><p class="line2"><span class="red">a daughter against her mother,</span></p><p class="line1"><span class="red">a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—</span></p> <p class="line2"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Micah 7:6">c</a></sup></span> </span></p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span><span class="red">“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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span><span class="red">Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span><span class="red">Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span><span class="red">“Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span><span class="red">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.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">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.”</span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Greek word traditionally translated <i>leprosy</i> was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>will</i>; or <i>knowledge</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">36</span> <span class="footnotebot">Micah 7:6</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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