Matthew 10

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drivethem out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of il ness.	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.
2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon who is known as Peter, and his brotherAndrew; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;	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;
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax col ector; James the son of Alphaeus, andThaddaeus;	3 Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer.	4 Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as fol ows: 'Do not make your way to gentile territory,and do not enter any Samaritan town;	5 Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
6 go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.	6 Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.	7 As you go, make this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those suffering from virulent skin-diseases, drive out devils. Youreceived without charge, give without charge.	8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
9 Provide yourselves with no gold or silver, not even with coppers for your purses,	9 Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
10 with no haversack for the journey or spare tunic or footwear or a staff, for the labourer deserves hiskeep.	10 no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.
11 'Whatever town or vil age you go into, seek out someone worthy and stay with him until you leave.	11 Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave.
12 As you enter his house, salute it,	12 As you enter a house, wish it peace.
13 and if the house deserves it, may your peace come upon it; if it does not, may your peace come backto you.	13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return to you.
14 And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the houseor town shake the dust from your feet.	14 Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words--go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
15 In truth I tel you, on the Day of Judgement it wil be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than forthat town.	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.
16 Look, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be cunning as snakes and yet innocent asdoves.	16 "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
17 'Be prepared for people to hand you over to sanhedrins and scourge you in their synagogues.	17 But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,
18 You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as evidence to them and to the gentiles.	18 and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans.
19 But when you are handed over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say; what you are to saywil be given to you when the time comes,	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.
20 because it is not you who wil be speaking; the Spirit of your Father wil be speaking in you.	20 For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 'Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children wil come forward against theirparents and have them put to death.	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.
22 You will be universally hated on account of my name; but anyone who stands firm to the end wil besaved.	22 You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.
23 If they persecute you in one town, take refuge in the next; and if they persecute you in that, takerefuge in another. In truth I tel you, you wil not have gone the round of the towns of Israel before the Son of mancomes.	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.
24 'Disciple is not superior to teacher, nor slave to master.	24 No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master.
25 It is enough for disciple to grow to be like teacher, and slave like master. If they have called themaster of the house "Beelzebul", how much more the members of his household?	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!
26 'So do not be afraid of them. Everything now covered up wil be uncovered, and everything nowhidden wil be made clear.	26 "Therefore do not be afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.
27 What I say to you in the dark, tel in the daylight; what you hear in whispers, proclaim from thehousetops.	27 What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
28 'Do not be afraid of those who kil the body but cannot kill the soul; fear him rather who can destroyboth body and soul in hell.	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.
29 Can you not buy two sparrows for a penny? And yet not one falls to the ground without your Fatherknowing.	29 Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's knowledge.
30 Why, every hair on your head has been counted.	30 Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
31 So there is no need to be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.	31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32 'So if anyone declares himself for me in the presence of human beings, I wil declare myself for him inthe presence of my Father in heaven.	32 Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
33 But the one who disowns me in the presence of human beings, I wil disown in the presence of myFather in heaven.	33 But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.
34 'Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, buta sword.	34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.
35 For I have come to set son against father, daughter against mother, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law;	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;
36 a person's enemies will be the members of his own household.	36 and one's enemies will be those of his household.'
37 'No one who prefers father or mother to me is worthy of me. No one who prefers son or daughter tome is worthy of me.	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;
38 Anyone who does not take his cross and fol ow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.	38 and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
39 Anyone who finds his life wil lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake wil find it.	39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 'Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one whosent me.	40 "Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
41 'Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet wil have a prophet's reward; and anyonewho welcomes an upright person because he is upright wil have the reward of an upright person.	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.
42 'If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple,then in truth I tel you, he wil most certainly not go without his 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."