Matthew 10:9-42 ▼

9 Acquire neither gold nor silver nor copper in your? belts,

10 nor a bag for the way, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the worker is worthy of his food.

11 And into whatever city or village you? may enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and remain there until you? may go out.

12 And entering into the house, greet it.

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

14 And whoever may not receive you? nor hear your? words, going forth out of the house or that city, shake off the dust of your? feet.

15 Truly I say to you?, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and of Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

16 Behold, I send you? forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be shrewd as the serpents and innocent as the doves.

17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you? up into the councils, and in their synagogues they will flog you?.

18 And you? will be led before governors and also kings on account of Me, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

19 And when they may deliver you? up, do not be anxious how or what you? shall speak; for it will be given to you? in that hour what you? shall speak.

20 For you? are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your? Father speaking in you?.

21 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.

22 And you? will be hated by all because of My name; but the one having endured to the end, this one will be saved.

23 And when they may persecute you? in one city, flee to the other. For truly I say to you?, you? shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of Man shall come.

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

25 Aufficient to the disciple is that he may become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If the master of the house they have called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

26 Therefore do not fear them. For nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

27 What I say to you? in the darkness, say in the light; and what you? hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

28 And do not be afraid of those killing the body but not being able to kill the soul. But fear, rather, the One being able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your? Father.

30 And even the hairs of your? head are all numbered.

31 Therefore do not be afraid; you? are more valuable than many sparrows.

32 Therefore everyone who will confess in Me before men, I will also confess in him before My Father who is in the heavens.

33 But whoever shall deny Me before men, I also will deny him before My Father who is in the heavens.

34 Do not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.

35 For I came to set at variance: ‘A man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 And the enemies of the man are the members of his household.’

37 The one loving father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me, and the one loving son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me.

38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

39 The one having found his life will lose it, and the one having lost his life on account of Me will find it.

40 The one receiving you? receives Me, and the one receiving Me receives the One having sent Me.

41 The one receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive the reward of a prophet, and the one receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive the reward of a righteous man.

42 And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones merely a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you?, he shall certainly not lose his reward.”