Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

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New International Version
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

English Standard Version
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

New American Standard Bible
"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

King James Bible
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.

International Standard Version
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You have received without payment, so give without payment.

American Standard Version
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.

Darby Bible Translation
Heal the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously.

Young's Literal Translation
infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out -- freely ye did receive, freely give.

Cross References

Numbers 18:7
Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Matthew 10:7
And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Matthew 10:9
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Acts 8:20
But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. They preached, to establish the faith; the kingdom, to animate the hope; of heaven, to inspire the love of heavenly things, and the contempt of earthly; which is at hand, that men may prepare for it without delay. Christ gave power to work miracles for the confirming of their doctrine. This is not necessary now that the kingdom of God is come. It showed that the intent of the doctrine they preached, was to heal sick souls, and to raise those that were dead in sin. In proclaiming the gospel of free grace for the healing and saving of men's souls, we must above all avoid the appearance of the spirit of an hireling. They are directed what to do in strange towns and cities. The servant of Christ is the ambassador of peace to whatever place he is sent. His message is even to the vilest sinners, yet it behoves him to find out the best persons in every place. It becomes us to pray heartily for all, and to conduct ourselves courteously to all. They are directed how to act as to those that refused them. The whole counsel of God must be declared, and those who will not attend to the gracious message, must be shown that their state is dangerous. This should be seriously laid to heart by all that hear the gospel, lest their privileges only serve to increase their condemnation.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils—(The italicized clause—"raise the dead"—is wanting in many manuscripts). Here we have the first communication of supernatural power by Christ Himself to His followers—thus anticipating the gifts of Pentecost. And right royally does He dispense it.

freely ye have received, freely give—Divine saying, divinely said! (Compare De 15:10, 11; Ac 3:6)—an apple of gold in a setting of silver (Pr 25:11). It reminds us of that other golden saying of our Lord, rescued from oblivion by Paul, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Ac 20:35). Who can estimate what the world owes to such sayings, and with what beautiful foliage and rich fruit such seeds have covered, and will yet cover, this earth!