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47 lines
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# Chapter 10
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1 Summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.
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2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
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4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
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5 Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.
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6 Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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7 As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’
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8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
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9 Don’t acquire gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.
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10 Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a staff, for the worker is worthy of his food.
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11 When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
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12 Greet a household when you enter it,
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13 and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it; but if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.
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14 If anyone does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.
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15 Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
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16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.
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17 Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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18 You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
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19 But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,
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20 because it isn’t you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.
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21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
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22 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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24 A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.
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25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!
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26 “Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.
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27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.
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28 Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.
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30 But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
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31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
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32 “Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
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33 But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.
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34 Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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35 For I came to turn
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a man against his father,
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a daughter against her mother,
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a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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36 and a man’s enemies will be
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the members of his household.
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37 The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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38 And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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39 Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
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40 “The one who welcomes you welcomes me, and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.
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41 Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.
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42 And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.” |