Matthew 10:1-15 - The Twelve Commissioned And Sent Out

¹ And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain. ² Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria, ⁶ But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel, ⁷ And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near. ⁸ Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give. ⁹ Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets; ¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

¹¹ And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away. ¹² And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house. ¹³ And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you. ¹⁴ And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.

⁷ And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits; ⁸ And he said that they were to take nothing for their journey, but a stick only; no bread, no bag, no money in their pockets; ⁹ They were to go with common shoes on their feet, and not to take two coats. ¹⁰ And he said to them, Wherever you go into a house, make that your resting-place till you go away. ¹¹ And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

¹² And they went out, preaching the need for a change of heart in men. ¹³ And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

¹ And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well. ² And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.

³ And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats. ⁴ And if you go into a house, let that house be your resting-place till you go away. ⁵ And if any people will not take you in, when you go away from that town, put off its dust from your feet for a witness against them. ⁶ And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.