Matthew 10 (NET)

Matthew 10:1¹Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:2²Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:3³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:4⁴Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:5⁵Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go on a road that leads to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:6⁶Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:7⁷As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:8⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:9⁹Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:10¹⁰no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:11¹¹Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:12¹²As you enter the house, greet those within it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:13¹³And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:14¹⁴And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:15¹⁵I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:16¹⁶“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:17¹⁷Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:18¹⁸And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and to the Gentiles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:19¹⁹Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:20²⁰For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:21²¹“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:22²²And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:23²³Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:24²⁴“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:25²⁵It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:26²⁶“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:27²⁷What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:28²⁸Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:29²⁹Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:30³⁰Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:31³¹So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:32³²“Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:33³³But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:34³⁴“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:35³⁵For 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,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:36³⁶and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:37³⁷“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.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:38³⁸And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:39³⁹Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:40⁴⁰“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:41⁴¹Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Matthew 10:42⁴²And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s