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

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