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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 NET Bible</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">NET Bible</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">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/matthew/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Sending Out the Twelve Apostles</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James 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 tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>As you enter the house, give it greetings. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!</p> <p class="title">Persecution of Disciples</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more will they defame the members of his household!</p> <p class="title">Fear God, Not Man</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Even all the hairs on your head are numbered. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.</p> <p class="title">Not Peace, but a Sword</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For I have come to set <i>a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,</i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><i>and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household</i>.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves 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 whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.</p> <p class="title">Rewards</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/10-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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