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<a href="../luke/6.htm#12">Luke 6:12-16</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.</p> <a name="5" id="5"></a><p class="hdg">The Ministry of the Twelve<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/6.htm#7">Mark 6:7-13</a>; <a href="../luke/9.htm">Luke 9:1-6</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely ye received, freely give. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Get you no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>no wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the labourer is worthy of his food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And into whatsoever city or village ye shall enter, search out who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go forth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And as ye enter into the house, salute it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">Comfort in Persecution<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_timothy/1.htm#6">2 Timothy 1:6-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A disciple is not above his master, nor a servant above his lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household!</p> <a name="26" id="26"></a><p class="hdg">Fearing God Alone<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/12.htm#4">Luke 12:4-7</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light: and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And be not afraid of them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows.</p> <a name="32" id="32"></a><p class="hdg">Confessing Christ<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/12.htm#8">Luke 12:8-12</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father which is in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.</p> <a name="34" id="34"></a><p class="hdg">The Sword of the Gospel<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../luke/12.htm#49">Luke 12:49-53</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>and a man's foes shall be they of his own household.</p> <a name="37" id="37"></a><p class="hdg">Take up Your Cross<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../matthew/16.htm#24">Matthew 16:24-28</a>; <a href="../mark/8.htm#34">Mark 8:34-38</a>; <a href="../luke/9.htm#23">Luke 9:23-27</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.</p> <a name="40" id="40"></a><p class="hdg">The Reward of Service<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/4.htm#8">2 Kings 4:8-17</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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