Matthew 10 - English Standard Version (ESV)

The Twelve Apostles

10 ^(A)And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. ^{2 (B)}The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^(C)who is called Peter, and ^(D)Andrew his brother; ^(E)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ^(F)Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;^{[a] 4} Simon the Zealot,^[b] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

^{5 (G)}These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of ^(H)the Samaritans, ^{6 (I)}but go rather to ^(J)the lost sheep of ^(K)the house of Israel. ⁷ And proclaim as you go, saying, ^(L)‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’^{[c] 8 (M)}Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,^[d] cast out demons. ^(N)You received without paying; give without pay. ^{9 (O)}Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, ¹⁰ no bag for your journey, or two tunics^[e] or sandals or a staff, for ^(P)the laborer deserves his food. ¹¹ And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. ¹² As you enter the house, ^(Q)greet it. ¹³ And if the house is ^(R)worthy, let ^(S)your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let ^(T)your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, ^(U)shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. ¹⁵ Truly, I say to you, ^(V)it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for ^(W)the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Persecution Will Come

^{16 (X)}“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^(Y)wise as serpents and ^(Z)innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men, for ^(AA)they will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^(AB)in their synagogues, ^{18 (AC)}and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, ^(AD)to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. ^{19 (AE)}When ^(AF)they deliver you over, ^(AG)do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for ^(AH)what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. ^{20 (AI)}For it is not you who speak, but ^(AJ)the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ^{21 (AK)}Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ^{22 (AL)}and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(AM)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they ^(AN)persecute you in one town, ^(AO)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ^(AP)before the Son of Man comes.

^{24 (AQ)}“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant^[f] above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. ^(AR)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign^[g] those of his household.

Have No Fear

²⁶ “So have no fear of them, ^(AS)for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on ^(AT)the housetops. ²⁸ And ^(AU)do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him ^(AV)who can destroy both soul and body in hell.^{[h] 29} Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?^[i] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰ But ^(AW)even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; ^(AX)you are of more value than many sparrows. ^{32 (AY)}So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but ^(AZ)whoever denies me before men, ^(BA)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Not Peace, but a Sword

^{34 (BB)}“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ^(BC)I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ^{35 (BD)}For I have come ^(BE)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ^{36 (BF)}And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. ^{37 (BG)}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 And ^(BH)whoever does not take his cross and ^(BI)follow me is not worthy of me. ^{39 (BJ)}Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Rewards

^{40 (BK)}“Whoever receives you receives me, and ^(BL)whoever receives me receives him who sent me. ^{41 (BM)}The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. ⁴² And ^(BN)whoever gives one of ^(BO)these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”

Footnotes

1. Matthew 10:3 Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
2. Matthew 10:4 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot
3. Matthew 10:7 Or The kingdom of heaven has come near
4. Matthew 10:8 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
5. Matthew 10:10 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
6. Matthew 10:24 Or bondservant; also verse 25
7. Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign
8. Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna
9. Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

Cross references

1. Matthew 10:1 : Mark 3:13-15; 6:7-13; Luke 6:13; 9:1, 2
2. Matthew 10:2 : For ver. 2-4, see Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13
3. Matthew 10:2 : ch. 16:18; John 1:42
4. Matthew 10:2 : ch. 4:18, 21
5. Matthew 10:2 : ch. 4:18, 21
6. Matthew 10:3 : ch. 9:9
7. Matthew 10:5 : [See ver. 1 above]; Mark 3:13-15; 6:7-13; Luke 6:13; 9:1, 2
8. Matthew 10:5 : 2 Kgs. 17:24; Ezra 4:10; Luke 9:52; 10:33; 17:16; John 4:9, 39, 40; 8:48; Acts 8:25; [Acts 1:8]
9. Matthew 10:6 : ch. 15:24; [Acts 3:25, 26; 13:46]
10. Matthew 10:6 : Ps. 119:176; Isa. 53:6; Jer. 50:6; [ch. 9:36; 18:12]
11. Matthew 10:6 : Acts 2:36; 7:42; Heb. 8:8, 10
12. Matthew 10:7 : ch. 3:2; 4:17; Luke 10:9
13. Matthew 10:8 : [ch. 11:5]
14. Matthew 10:8 : [Isa. 55:1; Acts 3:6; 20:33, 35]
15. Matthew 10:9 : For ver. 9-15, see Mark 6:8-11; Luke 9:3-5; [Luke 10:4-12; 22:35]
16. Matthew 10:10 : 1 Tim. 5:18; [1 Cor. 9:4, 7-14]
17. Matthew 10:12 : [1 Sam. 25:6; 1 Chr. 12:18]
18. Matthew 10:13 : [ch. 8:8; Acts 16:15]
19. Matthew 10:13 : [See ver. 12 above]; [1 Sam. 25:6; 1 Chr. 12:18]
20. Matthew 10:13 : [See ver. 12 above]; [1 Sam. 25:6; 1 Chr. 12:18]
21. Matthew 10:14 : Acts 13:51; [Neh. 5:13; Acts 18:6]
22. Matthew 10:15 : ch. 11:24
23. Matthew 10:15 : Gen. 18:20; 19:28; 2 Pet. 2:6
24. Matthew 10:16 : Luke 10:3; [John 17:18]
25. Matthew 10:16 : Gen. 3:1
26. Matthew 10:16 : Rom. 16:19 (Gk.); Phil. 2:15; [1 Cor. 14:20]
27. Matthew 10:17 : See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12
28. Matthew 10:17 : See ch. 23:34
29. Matthew 10:18 : [See ver. 17 above]; See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12
30. Matthew 10:18 : See ch. 8:4
31. Matthew 10:19 : [See ver. 17 above]; See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12
32. Matthew 10:19 : For ver. 19-22, [Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-19; 2 Tim. 4:16, 17]
33. Matthew 10:19 : See ch. 6:25
34. Matthew 10:19 : Deut. 18:18; [Num. 23:5]; See Ex. 4:12
35. Matthew 10:20 : Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; 6:10; 13:9; 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 13:3; [ver. 40; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:1]
36. Matthew 10:20 : [John 15:26]
37. Matthew 10:21 : ver. 35, 36
38. Matthew 10:22 : ch. 24:9; John 15:18-21
39. Matthew 10:22 : ch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6
40. Matthew 10:23 : ch. 23:34
41. Matthew 10:23 : [ch. 12:15; Acts 8:1; 9:25, 30; 14:6; 17:10, 14]
42. Matthew 10:23 : ch. 16:28
43. Matthew 10:24 : Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20; [Heb. 12:3]
44. Matthew 10:25 : ch. 9:34; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; See John 7:20
45. Matthew 10:26 : Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; [1 Tim. 5:25]; For ver. 26-33, see Luke 12:2-9
46. Matthew 10:27 : See Luke 5:19
47. Matthew 10:28 : Isa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14
48. Matthew 10:28 : James 4:12
49. Matthew 10:30 : See 1 Sam. 14:45
50. Matthew 10:31 : ch. 6:26; 12:12
51. Matthew 10:32 : [Rom. 10:9, 10; Heb. 10:35; Rev. 3:5]
52. Matthew 10:33 : 2 Tim. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38]
53. Matthew 10:33 : ch. 7:23; 25:12; Luke 13:25
54. Matthew 10:34 : See Luke 12:51-53
55. Matthew 10:34 : [Rev. 6:4]
56. Matthew 10:35 : [See ver. 34 above]; See Luke 12:51-53
57. Matthew 10:35 : ver. 21; [Mic. 7:6]
58. Matthew 10:36 : Cited from Mic. 7:6; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12, 13; John 13:18]
59. Matthew 10:37 : Luke 14:26
60. Matthew 10:38 : ch. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27
61. Matthew 10:38 : ch. 9:9; John 8:12; 12:26; 21:19
62. Matthew 10:39 : ch. 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33; John 12:25
63. Matthew 10:40 : Luke 10:16; John 13:20; Gal. 4:14; [ver. 20; ch. 18:5; 25:40]
64. Matthew 10:40 : Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; [John 12:44, 45]
65. Matthew 10:41 : 1 Kgs. 17:10-15; 18:4; 2 Kgs. 4:8; [3 John 5-8]
66. Matthew 10:42 : ch. 25:35, 40; Mark 9:41; Heb. 6:10
67. Matthew 10:42 : ch. 18:10