Matthew 10 Then having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out; and to cure diseases and maladies of every kind.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Then having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out; and to cure diseases and maladies of every kind. ² Now the names of the twelve disciples were these. First, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, James the son of Alpheus and Lebbeus called Thaddeus, ⁴ Simon the Chananite and Judas Iscariot, even he who delivered him up. ⁵ These twelve Jesus sent forth, having given them a charge, saying, Go not away to the Gentiles, nor enter a city of the Samaritans; ⁶ but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel: ⁷ and as you go proclaim, saying, The reign of the heavens is at hand. ⁸ Heal the sick; cleanse lepers; raise the dead; cast out demons; freely you have received; give freely. ⁹ Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass for your purses; ¹⁰ nor a scrip for the journey; nor two coats; nor pairs of sandals; nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his sustenance. ¹¹ Therefore into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and continue there till you leave the place. ¹² And when you enter the house, salute the family. ¹³ And if the family be worthy, the peace you wish them will come upon them; but if they be not worthy, the peace you wish will rebound upon your selves. ¹⁴ And whosoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, when you leave that house or that city shake off the dust of your feet. ¹⁵ Verily I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorra in a day of judgment, than for that city. ¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves. ¹⁷ And be upon your guard against these men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸ and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for what you are to speak will be suggested to you at the very instant. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you. ²¹ Now brother will deliver up brother to death; and a father, a son; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated by all men on the account of my name. But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved. ²³ Now when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For, verily I say to you, before you shall have gone through all the cities of Israel, the son of man will come. ²⁴ The scholar is not greater than the teacher; nor the servant, than the master. ²⁵ It is enough for the scholar to be as his teacher; and the servant, as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more, his domestics. ²⁶ Therefore be not afraid of them; for there is nothing hid, which shall not be revealed; nor anything secret, which shall not be known. ²⁷ What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim on the house tops. ²⁸ And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for an assar, yet neither of them falleth to the ground without your father. ³⁰ Nay, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not therefore; for you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² Whosoever therefore will acknowledge me before men, him I will acknowledge before my father, who is in heaven: ³³ but whosoever shall disown me before men, him I will disown before my father who is in heaven. ³⁴ Do not imagine that I am come to send peace on the earth. I am not come to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵ For I am come to set a man at variance with his father; and a daughter with her mother; and a daughter in law with her mother in law. ³⁶ Even the man's own domestics will be his enemies. ³⁷ He who loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. And he who loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. ³⁸ And he who doth not take up his cross and follow me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who hath found his life shall lose it. But he, who shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. ⁴⁰ He who receiveth you, receiveth me; and he who receiveth me, receiveth him who sent me. ⁴¹ He who receiveth a prophet on the account of his being a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receiveth a righteous man on the account of his being a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give any one of these little ones, were it only a cup of cold water to drink, on the account of his being a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.