Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. You have received free of charge; give free of charge.

Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent.

Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any Samaritan town.

The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

Greet a household when you enter it,

and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it. But if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.

Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them.

I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.

But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,

Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker is worthy of his food.

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.

So don’t be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows.

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!

Philip and Bartholomew;
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

As you go, announce this: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.

A disciple is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

And whoever gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—I assure you: He will never lose his reward!”

If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that house or town.

These are the names of the 12 apostles:

First, Simon, who is called Peter,
and Andrew his brother;
James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother;

“The one who welcomes you welcomes Me, and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot,
who also betrayed Him.

“Therefore, don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.

For I came to turn

a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

“When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave.

and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household.

Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.