1 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Himself, He gave them power to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every sickness and every disease.
2 Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter), and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
3 Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, named Thaddaeus; *
4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who indeed betrayed Him.
5 Jesus sent out these twelve and commanded them, saying, "Don't go into the way of the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
7 And as you go, proclaim with authority, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is coming near.'
8 Heal the sick, purify the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils--freely you have received, freely give.
9 Put neither gold, nor silver, nor brass into your belts,
10 No sack of provisions for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor staff, for the workman is worthy of his food. *
11 And into whatever city or town you enter, inquire who is worthy in it and stay there until you go from that city or town.
12 And when you come into a house, receive it joyfully.
13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whoever shall not receive you nor hear your utterances, leave that house or city, shaking off the dust of your feet.
15 Truly, I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that city.
16 I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves.  Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 But beware of people, for they will deliver you into the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake for a testimony to them and to people groups.
19 But when they deliver you to be condemned, take no thought about what you will say or how you will say it, for what you shall say will be given to you in that same time.
20 For it is not you who speak but the Spirit of your Father Who speaks in and through you.
21 And a brother or sister shall deliver another brother or sister to death, and the father the child, and the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
22 And you will be hated by all men for My Name's sake, but whoever endures to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another, for truly I say to you, you shall not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of man has come.
24 The disciple is not above the Teacher, Nor the servant above the Lord.
25 It's enough for the disciple to be like the Master, and the servant like the Lord. If they have called the Teacher of the House Beelzebub, how much more those of His Household?
26 Do not reverence and obey them therefore, for there is nothing veiled, that shall not be unveiled, and hidden that shall not be known. *
27 What I tell you in darkness, say in light, and what you hear in the mind, that proclaim with authority on the housetops.
28 And do not reverence and obey those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul life, but rather reverence and obey Him Who is able to destroy both soul life and body in Gehenna of fire.
29 Aren't two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Don't fear, therefore.  You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 Whoever therefore shall openly declare Me before others, I will openly declare them before My Father Who is in Heaven.
33 But whoever rejects Me before others, I will also reject that person before My Father Who is in Heaven.
34 Don't think that I have come to send peace on Earth.  I haven't come to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I have come to set a son against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36 And a person's foes shall 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.
38 And whoever doesn't take his or her cross and follow behind Me is not worthy of Me.
39 Whoever finds his or her mind shall lose it, and whoever loses his or her mind for My sake shall find it.
40 whoever grants access to you grants access to Me, and whoever grants access to Me grants access to Him Who sent Me.
41 Whoever grants access to a prophet into the name of a prophet shall have access to a prophet's reward, and whoever grants access to a righteous man into the name of a righteous person shall grant access to a righteous person's reward.
42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones into the name of a learner, truly I say to you, this person shall in no way lose his or her reward.