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

¹ And summoning his twelve disciples he gave them power over unclean spirits, power to cast them out and also to heal every disease and every ailment. ² These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedaeus and John his brother, ³ Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the taxgatherer, James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus whose surname is Thaddaeus, ⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

⁵ These twelve men Jesus despatched with the following instructions, "Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan town, ⁶ rather make your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ And preach as you go, tell men, 'The Reign of heaven is near.' ⁸ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out daemons; give without paying, as you have got without paying; ⁹ you are not to take gold or silver or coppers in your girdle, ¹⁰ nor a wallet for the road, nor two shirts, nor sandals, nor stick ??the workman deserves his rations.

¹¹ Whatever town or village you go into, find out a deserving inhabitant and stay with him till you leave. ¹² When you enter the house, salute it; ¹³ if the household is deserving, let your peace rest on it; but if the household is undeserving, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ Whoever will not receive you or listen to your message, leave that house or town and shake off the very dust from your feet. ¹⁵ I tell you truly, on the day of judgment it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra than for that town.

⁷ And summoning the twelve he proceeded to send them out two by two; he gave them power over the unclean spirits, ⁸ and ordered them to take nothing but a stick for the journey, no bread, no wallet, no coppers in their girdle; ⁹ they were to wear sandals, but not to put on two shirts, he said. ¹⁰ Also, he told them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there till you leave the place. ¹¹ And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

¹² So they went out and preached repentance; ¹³ also they cast out a number of daemons and cured a number of sick people by anointing them with oil.

¹ Calling the twelve apostles together he gave them power and authority over all daemons as well as to heal diseases. ² He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

³ And he told them, "Take nothing for the journey, neither stick nor wallet nor bread nor silver, and do not carry two shirts. ⁴ Whatever house you go into, stay there and leave from there. ⁵ Whoever will not receive you, leave that town and shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them." ⁶ So they went out from village to village preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.