Matthew 10:9-15

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9} Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.^(A) ^{Tools
10} Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker^(B) is worthy of his food.

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11} “When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave. ^{Tools
12} Greet a household when you enter it,^(C) ^{Tools
13} and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it. But if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.^(D) ^{Tools
14} If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet^(E) when you leave that house or town. ^{Tools
15} I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment^(F) for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.^(G)

Cross references:

A. Matthew 10:9: Mark 6:6-8; Luke 9:3-5; Luke 10:4-12

B. Matthew 10:10: Luke 10:7; 1 Corinthians 9:14

C. Matthew 10:12: 1 Chronicles 12:18; Psalm 122:7-8

D. Matthew 10:13: Psalm 35:13; Matthew 8:8; Acts 16:15

E. Matthew 10:14: Nehemiah 5:13; Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51

F. Matthew 10:15: Matthew 12:36; Acts 17:31; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 2:9; 1 John 4:17

G. Matthew 10:15: Matthew 11:22; Matthew 11:24; 2 Peter 2:6