The Book of Matthew
Chapter 10 | |
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when he had 1called 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.
1 Mark 3:13, 6:7 Luke 6:13, 9:1 |
| 2 | Now
the 1names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is 2called
Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of 3Zebedee, and John his
brother;
1 Mark 3:16-19 Luke 6:14-16 Acts 1:13 2 John 1:42 3 Matt 4:21, 20:20 Mark 1:19,20, 10:35 |
| 3 | Philip, and a Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was b Thaddaeus; |
| 4 | Simon the a Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. |
| 5 | These
twelve Jesus 1sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the
Gentiles, and into any city of the 2Samaritans enter ye not:
1 Mark 6:7 Luke 9:2 2 2 Kings 17:24 Matt 10:5 John 4:9 Acts 8:25 |
| 6 | But go rather to the 1lost sheep of the
house of 2Israel.
1 Isa 53:6 Jer 50:6, 17 Matt 15:24 1 Peter 2:25 2 Matt 15:24 Acts 3:26, 13:46 Rom 11:1 |
| 7 | And as
ye go, 1preach, saying, The 2kingdom of heaven is at hand.
1 Luke 9:2 2 Dan 2:44 Matt 3:2, 4:17, 23, 6:10 Luke 10:9, 11:20, 21:31 |
| 8 | Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. |
| 9 | Provide neither gold, nor silver,
nor brass in your purses,
Mark 6:8-11 Luke 9:3-5 |
| 10 | Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves: for the 1workman is worthy of his meat.
1 Deut 25:4 1 Cor 9:9 1 Tim 5:18 |
| 11 | And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. |
| 12 | And when ye come into an house, salute it. |
| 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.
Psa 35:13 Luke 10:5-6 |
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And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of
that house or city, 1shake off the dust of your feet.
1 Mark 6:11 Luke 10:11 Acts 13:51, 18:6 |
| 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.
Matt 11:22, 24 |
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Behold, I 1send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore 2wise
as serpents, and harmless as doves.
1 Luke 10:3 2 Romans 16:19 1 Cor 14:20 Eph 5:15 |
| 17 | But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,
and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Mark 13:9 Acts 5:40 |
| 18 | And ye shall be brought before governors and kings
for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Acts 12:1, 24:10, 25:6, 23 |
| 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.
Exo 4:12 Jer 1:7 Mark 13:11 Luke 12:11 |
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For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in
you.
2 Sam 23:2 Acts 4:8, 6:10 2 Tim 4:17 |
| 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.
Micah 7:6 Matt 10:35-36 Mark 13:12 Luke 12:53, 21:16 |
| 22 | And ye shall
be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall
be saved.
Matt 24:13 Mark 13:13 Luke 21:17 |
| 23 | But when
they persecute you in this city, 1flee ye into another: for verily I say unto
you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the 2Son of man be
come.
1 Matt 12:15 2 Matt 16:28 Mark 9:1 Luke 9:27 |
| 24 | The disciple is
not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
Luke 6:40 John 13:16, 15:20 |
| 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 1Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his
household?
1 2 Kings 1:2 Matt 9:34, 12:24 Mark 3:22 Luke 11:15 |
| 26 | Fear them
not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and
hid, that shall not be known.
Mark 4:22 Luke 8:17 |
| 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 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 1hell.
1 Matt 5:22, 29, 30, 18:9, 23:15, 33 Mark 9:43 Luke 12:5 James 3:6 |
| 29 | Are
not two sparrows sold for a
a
farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the
ground without your Father.
Job 35:11, 38:41 Psa 104:27,28 Matt 6:26 Luke 12:24 |
| 30 | But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Matt 10:30 Luke 21:18 Acts 27:34 |
| 31 | Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. |
| 32 | Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.
Luke 12:8 Romans 10:9-10 Rev 3:5 |
| 33 | But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny
before my Father which is in heaven.
Mark 8:38 Luke 9:26 2 Tim 2:12 |
| 34 | Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to
send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49-53 |
| 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.
Micah 7:6 Matt 10:21 Mark 13:12 Luke 12:53, 21:16 |
| 36 | And a man's foes shall be they
of his own household.
Psalms 41:9, 55:12-13 Micah 7:6 John 13:18 |
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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.
Luke 14:26 |
| 38 | And he that taketh not his cross, and
followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matt 16:24 Mark 8:34 Luke 9:23 |
| 39 | He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that
loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matt 16:25 Luke 17:33 John 12:25 |
| 40 | He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that
receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Luke 9:48 John 12:44 Galatians 4:14 |
| 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.
1 Kings 17:10-16 2 Kings 4:8-17 |
| 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.
Matt 18:5, 25:40 Mark 9:41 Hebrews 6:10 |
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(a) Or, Nathanael
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(a) Canaanite is not a national description but is the Aramaic for the Greek Zelotes
(Luke 6:15, Acts 1:13)
= Zealot : so called from his zeal for the Law.
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(a) farthing = in the original, the tenth part of the Roman penny.
See Matt 18:28
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