Thematic Bible
Matthew 10:1 (show verse)
Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.
Matthew 10:2 (show verse)
Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;
Matthew 10:3 (show verse)
Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
Matthew 10:4 (show verse)
Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.
Matthew 10:5 (show verse)
These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;
Matthew 10:6 (show verse)
but, instead of that, go to the lost sheep of Israel's race.
Matthew 10:7 (show verse)
And as you go, preach and say, 'The Kingdom of the Heavens is close at hand.'
Matthew 10:8 (show verse)
Cure the sick, raise the dead to life, cleanse lepers, drive out demons: you have received without payment, give without payment.
Matthew 10:9 (show verse)
"Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry in your pockets;
Matthew 10:10 (show verse)
no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.
Matthew 10:11 (show verse)
"Whatever town or village you enter, inquire for some good man; and make his house your home till you leave the place.
Matthew 10:12 (show verse)
When you enter the house, salute it;
Matthew 10:13 (show verse)
and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.
Matthew 10:14 (show verse)
And whoever refuses to receive you or even to listen to your Message, as you leave that house or town, shake off the very dust from your feet.
Matthew 10:15 (show verse)
I solemnly tell you that it will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of Judgement than for that town.
Matthew 10:16 (show verse)
"Remember it is I who am sending you out, as sheep into the midst of wolves; prove yourselves as sagacious as serpents, and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:17 (show verse)
But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to appear before Sanhedrins, and will flog you in their synagogues;
Matthew 10:18 (show verse)
and you will even be put on trial before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:19 (show verse)
But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;
Matthew 10:20 (show verse)
for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:21 (show verse)
Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.
Matthew 10:22 (show verse)
And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.
Matthew 10:23 (show verse)
Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 10:24 (show verse)
"The learner is never superior to his teacher, and the servant is never superior to his master.
Matthew 10:25 (show verse)
Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?
Matthew 10:26 (show verse)
Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.
Matthew 10:27 (show verse)
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what is whispered into your ear, proclaim upon the roofs of the houses.
Matthew 10:28 (show verse)
"And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Matthew 10:29 (show verse)
Do not two sparrows sell for a halfpenny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave.
Matthew 10:30 (show verse)
But as for you, the very hairs on your heads are all numbered.
Matthew 10:31 (show verse)
Away then with fear; you are more precious than a multitude of sparrows.
Matthew 10:32 (show verse)
"Every man who acknowledges me before men I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 10:33 (show verse)
But whoever disowns me before men I also will disown before my Father who is in Heaven.
Matthew 10:34 (show verse)
"Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
Matthew 10:35 (show verse)
For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Matthew 10:36 (show verse)
and a man's own family will be his foes.
Matthew 10:37 (show verse)
Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
Matthew 10:38 (show verse)
and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:39 (show verse)
To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.
Matthew 10:40 (show verse)
"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives Him who sent me.
Matthew 10:41 (show verse)
Every one who receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and every one who receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.
Matthew 10:42 (show verse)
And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I solemnly tell you that he will not lose his reward."