Matthew, 10

1. He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.

1. 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 infirmity.

2. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

2. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zeb'edee, and John his brother;

3. Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

3. Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

4. Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer.

4. Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: 'Do not make your way to gentile territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town;

5. These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,

6. go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.

6. but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.

7. And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

8. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin-diseases, drive out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.

8. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.

9. Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with coppers for your purses,

9. Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

10. with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the labourer deserves his keep.

10. no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.

11. 'Whatever town or village you go into, seek out someone worthy and stay with him until you leave.

11. And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart.

12. As you enter his house, salute it,

12. As you enter the house, salute it.

13. and if the house deserves it, may your peace come upon it; if it does not, may your peace come back to you.

13. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14. And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet.

14. And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.

15. In truth I tell you, on the Day of Judgement it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

15. Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor'rah than for that town.

16. Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent as doves.

16. "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

17. 'Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues.

17. Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues,

18. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles.

18. and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles.

19. But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to say will be given to you when the time comes,

19. When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;

20. because it is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking in you.

20. for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21. 'Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will come forward against their parents and have them put to death.

21. Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;

22. You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.

22. and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

23. If they persecute you in one town, take refuge in the next; and if they persecute you in that, take refuge in another. In truth I tell you, you will not have gone the round of the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

23. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

24. 'Disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master.

24. "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master;

25. It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called the master of the house "Beelzebul", how much more the members of his household?

25. it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

26. 'So do not be afraid of them. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear.

26. "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

27. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from the housetops.

27. What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops.

28. 'Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroy both body and soul in hell.

28. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29. Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Father knowing.

29. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will.

30. Why, every hair on your head has been counted.

30. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

31. So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

31. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

32. 'So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, I will declare myself for him in the presence of my Father in heaven.

32. So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;

33. But the one who disowns me in the presence of human beings, I will disown in the presence of my Father in heaven.

33. but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

34. 'Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword.

34. "Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35. For I have come to set son against father, daughter against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law;

35. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

36. a person's enemies will be the members of his own household.

36. and a man's foes will be those of his own household.

37. 'No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter to me is worthy of me.

37. He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

38. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.

38. and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39. Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it.

39. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

40. 'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

40. "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

41. 'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet's reward; and anyone who welcomes an upright person because he is upright will have the reward of an upright person.

41. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42. 'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not go without his reward.'

42. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."