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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Twelve Apostles</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 3:13-19">Mark 3.13-19</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 6:12-16">Luke 6.12-16</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.1" class="v40_10_1">1</span>Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and every sickness. </span><span class="v40_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.2" class="v40_10_2">2</span>These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee; </span><span class="v40_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.3" class="v40_10_3">3</span>Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; </span><span class="v40_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.4" class="v40_10_4">4</span>Simon the Patriot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Mission of the Twelve</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 6:7-13">Mark 6.7-13</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 9:1-6">Luke 9.1-6</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.5" class="v40_10_5">5</span>These twelve men were sent out by Jesus with the following instructions: “Do not go to any Gentile territory or any Samaritan towns. </span><span class="v40_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.6" class="v40_10_6">6</span>Instead, you are to go to the lost sheep of the people of Israel. </span><span class="v40_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.7" class="v40_10_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Go and preach, ‘The Kingdom of heaven is near!’ </span><span class="v40_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.8" class="v40_10_8">8</span>Heal the sick, bring the dead back to life, heal those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases, and drive out demons. You have received without paying, so give without being paid. </span><span class="v40_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.9" class="v40_10_9">9</span>Do not carry any gold, silver, or copper money in your pockets; </span><span class="v40_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.10" class="v40_10_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> do not carry a beggar's bag for the trip or an extra shirt or shoes or a walking stick. Workers should be given what they need.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.11" class="v40_10_11">11</span>“When you come to a town or village, go in and look for someone who is willing to welcome you, and stay with him until you leave that place. </span><span class="v40_10_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.12" class="v40_10_12">12</span>When you go into a house, say, ‘Peace be with you.’ </span><span class="v40_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.13" class="v40_10_13">13</span>If the people in that house welcome you, let your greeting of peace remain; but if they do not welcome you, then take back your greeting. </span><span class="v40_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.14" class="v40_10_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And if some home or town will not welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place and shake the dust off your feet. </span><span class="v40_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.15" class="v40_10_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah than to the people of that town!</span></p><h3 class="s">Coming Persecutions</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 13:9-13">Mark 13.9-13</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 21:12-17">Luke 21.12-17</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.16" class="v40_10_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves. </span><span class="v40_10_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.17" class="v40_10_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Watch out, for there will be those who will arrest you and take you to court, and they will whip you in the synagogues. </span><span class="v40_10_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.18" class="v40_10_18">18</span>For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles. </span><span class="v40_10_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.19" class="v40_10_19">19</span>When they bring you to trial, do not worry about what you are going to say or how you will say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you will say. </span><span class="v40_10_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.20" class="v40_10_20">20</span>For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_21"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.21" class="v40_10_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “People will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. </span><span class="v40_10_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.22" class="v40_10_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved. </span><span class="v40_10_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.23" class="v40_10_23">23</span>When they persecute you in one town, run away to another one. I assure you that you will not finish your work in all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.24" class="v40_10_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “No pupil is greater than his teacher; no slave is greater than his master. </span><span class="v40_10_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.25" class="v40_10_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> So a pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, the members of the family will be called even worse names!</span></p><h3 class="s">Whom to Fear</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 12:2-7">Luke 12.2-7</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_26"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.26" class="v40_10_26">26</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.26!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “So do not be afraid of people. Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known. </span><span class="v40_10_27"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.27" class="v40_10_27">27</span>What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops. </span><span class="v40_10_28"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.28" class="v40_10_28">28</span>Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell. </span><span class="v40_10_29"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.29" class="v40_10_29">29</span>For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent. </span><span class="v40_10_30"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.30" class="v40_10_30">30</span>As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted. </span><span class="v40_10_31"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.31" class="v40_10_31">31</span>So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!</span></p><h3 class="s">Confessing and Rejecting Christ</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 12:8">Luke 12.8</ref>,<ref loc="LUK 12:9">9</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_32"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.32" class="v40_10_32">32</span>“Those who declare publicly that they belong to me, I will do the same for them before my Father in heaven. </span><span class="v40_10_33"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.33" class="v40_10_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But those who reject me publicly, I will reject before my Father in heaven.</span></p><h3 class="s">Not Peace, but a Sword</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 12:51-53">Luke 12.51-53</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 14:26">14.26</ref>,<ref loc="LUK 14:27">27</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_34"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.34" class="v40_10_34">34</span>“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. </span><span class="v40_10_35"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.35" class="v40_10_35">35</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.35!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law; </span><span class="v40_10_36"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.36" class="v40_10_36">36</span>your worst enemies will be the members of your own family.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_37"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.37" class="v40_10_37">37</span>“Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples. </span><span class="v40_10_38"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.38" class="v40_10_38">38</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.38!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples. </span><span class="v40_10_39"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.39" class="v40_10_39">39</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.39!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.</span></p><h3 class="s">Rewards</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 9:41">Mark 9.41</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_10_40"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.40" class="v40_10_40">40</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.10.40!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Whoever welcomes you welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. </span><span class="v40_10_41"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.41" class="v40_10_41">41</span>Whoever welcomes God's messenger because he is God's messenger, will share in his reward. And whoever welcomes a good man because he is good, will share in his reward. </span><span class="v40_10_42"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.10.42" class="v40_10_42">42</span>You can be sure that whoever gives even a drink of cold water to one of the least of these my followers because he is my follower, will certainly receive a reward.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). 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