Matthew 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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 having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity.
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,
3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;	3 James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and 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 Jesus sent these twelve, instructing them, saying: “Do not travel by the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into the city of the Samaritans,
6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.	6 but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.
7 As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'	7 And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’
8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.	8 Cure the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely.
9 Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;	9 Do not choose to possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your belts,
10 no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.	10 nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.
11 Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.	11 Now, into whatever city or town you will enter, inquire as to who is worthy within it. And stay there until you depart.
12 As you enter a house, wish it peace.	12 Then, when you enter into the house, greet it, saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.	13 And if, indeed, that house is worthy, your peace will rest upon it. But if it is not worthy, your peace will 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 whoever has neither received you, nor listened to your words, departing from that house or city, shake off the dust from 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 Amen 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 "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.	16 Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple 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 hand you over to 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 you shall be led before both rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to 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 hand you over, do not choose to think about how or what to speak. For what to speak shall be given to you in that hour.
20 For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.	20 For it is not you who will be speaking, but the Spirit of your Father, who will speak 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 brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths.
22 You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.	22 And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same 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 Now when they persecute you in one city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you will not have exhausted all the cities of Israel, before the Son of man returns.
24 No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.	24 The disciple is not above the teacher, nor is the servant above his master.
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 sufficient for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant, like his master. If they have called the Father of the family, ‘Beelzebub,’ how much more those 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 Therefore, do not fear them. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden 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, speak in the light. And what you hear whispered in the ear, preach above the rooftops.
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 do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who 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 one small coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
30 Even all the hairs of your head are counted.	30 For even the hairs of your head have all been numbered.
31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.	31 Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
32 Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.	32 Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.
33 But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.	33 But whoever will have denied me before men, I also will deny before my Father, who 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 Do not think that I came to send peace upon the earth. I came, not to send peace, but the 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 came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 and one's enemies will be those of his household.'	36 And the enemies of a man will be those 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 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above 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 whoever does not take up his cross, and follow 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 Whoever finds his life, will lose it. And whoever will have lost his life because of me, shall find it.
40 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.	40 Whoever receives you, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who 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 Whoever receives a prophet, in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet. And whoever receives the just in the name of the just shall receive the reward of the just.
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 whoever shall give, even to one of the least of these, a cup of cold water to drink, solely in the name of a disciple: Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”