1 uMark 3:13-15; 6:7-13; Luke 6:13; 9:1, 2 And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 vFor ver. 2-4, see Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon,wch. 16:18; John 1:42 who is called Peter, andxch. 4:18, 21 Andrew his brother;xch. 4:18, 21 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas andych. 9:9 Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
5 u[See ver. 1 above] These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town ofz2 Kgs. 17:24; Ezra 4:10; Luke 9:52; 10:33; 17:16; John 4:9, 39, 40; 8:48; Acts 8:25; [Acts 1:8] the Samaritans, 6 ach. 15:24; [Acts 3:25, 26; 13:46] but go rather tobPs. 119:176; Isa. 53:6; Jer. 50:6; [ch. 9:36; 18:12] the lost sheep ofcActs 2:36; 7:42; Heb. 8:8, 10 the house of Israel. 7 And proclaim as you go, saying,dch. 3:2; 4:17; Luke 10:9 ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ’ 8 e[ch. 11:5] Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.f[Isa. 55:1; Acts 3:6; 20:33, 35] You received without paying; give without pay. 9 gFor ver. 9-15, see Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:3-5; [Luke 10:4-12; 22:35] Acquire no gold nor silver nor copper for your belts, 10 no bag for your journey, nor two tunics nor sandals nor a staff, forh1 Tim. 5:18; [1 Cor. 9:4, 7-14] the laborer deserves his food. 11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. 12 As you enter the house,i[1 Sam. 25:6; 1 Chr. 12:18] greet it. 13 And if the house isj[ch. 8:8; Acts 16:15] worthy, leti[See ver. 12 above] your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, leti[See ver. 12 above] your peace return to you. 14 And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words,lActs 13:51; [Neh. 5:13; Acts 18:6] shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. 15 Truly, I say to you,mch. 11:24 it will be more bearable on the day of judgment fornGen. 18:20; 19:28; 2 Pet. 2:6 the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
16 oLuke 10:3; [John 17:18] Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so bepGen. 3:1 wise as serpents andqRom. 16:19 (Gk.); Phil. 2:15; [1 Cor. 14:20] innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, forrSee Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12 they will deliver you over to courts and flog yousSee ch. 23:34 in their synagogues, 18 r[See ver. 17 above] and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake,tSee ch. 8:4 to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 r[See ver. 17 above] WhenuFor ver. 19-22, [Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-19; 2 Tim. 4:16, 17] they deliver you over,vSee ch. 6:25 do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, forwDeut. 18:18; [Num. 23:5]; See Ex. 4:12 what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 xLuke 12:12; Acts 4:8; 6:10; 13:9; 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 13:3; [ver. 40; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:1] For it is not you who speak, buty[John 15:26] the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 zver. 35, 36 Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 ach. 24:9; John 15:18-21 and you will be hated by all for my name's sake.bch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When theycch. 23:34 persecute you in one town,d[ch. 12:15; Acts 8:1; 9:25, 30; 14:6; 17:10, 14] flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israelech. 16:28 before the Son of Man comes.
24 fLuke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20; [Heb. 12:3] A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.gch. 9:34; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; See John 7:20 If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
26 So have no fear of them,iMark 4:22; Luke 8:17; [1 Tim. 5:25]; For ver. 26-33, see Luke 12:2-9 for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim onjSee Luke 5:19 the housetops. 28 AndkIsa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14 do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear himlJames 4:12 who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 ButmSee 1 Sam. 14:45 even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore;nch. 6:26; 12:12 you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 o[Rom. 10:9, 10; Heb. 10:35; Rev. 3:5] So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 butp2 Tim. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38] whoever denies me before men,qch. 7:23; 25:12; Luke 13:25 I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
34 rSee Luke 12:51-53 Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth.s[Rev. 6:4] I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 r[See ver. 34 above] For I have cometver. 21; [Mic. 7:6] to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 uCited from Mic. 7:6; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12, 13; John 13:18] And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 37 vLuke 14:26 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. 38 Andwch. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27 whoever does not take his cross andxch. 9:9; John 8:12; 12:26; 21:19 follow me is not worthy of me. 39 ych. 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33; John 12:25 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 zLuke 10:16; John 13:20; Gal. 4:14; [ver. 20; ch. 18:5; 25:40] Whoever receives you receives me, andaMark 9:37; Luke 9:48; [John 12:44, 45] whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41 b1 Kgs. 17:10-15; 18:4; 2 Kgs. 4:8; [3 John 5-8] The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 Andcch. 25:35, 40; Mark 9:41; Heb. 6:10 whoever gives one ofdch. 18:10 these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. ”