Matthew 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.	1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
2 The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;	2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;	3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.	4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.	5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.	6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'	7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.	8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
9 Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;	9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10 no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.	10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11 Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.	11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
12 As you enter a house, wish it peace.	12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.	13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words--go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.	14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
15 Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.	15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16 "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.	16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,	17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.	18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
19 When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say.	19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.	20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
21 Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.	21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
22 You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.	22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.	23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.	24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!	25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
26 "Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.	26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
27 What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.	27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.	28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.	29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 Even all the hairs of your head are counted.	30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.	31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.	32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.	33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.	34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to set a man 'against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;	35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 and one's enemies will be those of his household.'	36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
37 "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;	37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38 and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.	38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.	39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.	40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man's reward.	41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because he is a disciple--amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward."	42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.