| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"As you enter the house, give it your greeting. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19"But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22"You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23"But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household! |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29"Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31"So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33"But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35"For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36and A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38"And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. |
| 39[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 39"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it. |
| 40[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 40"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. |
| 41[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 41"He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. |
| 42[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 42"And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." |
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