Matthew 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
Matthew 10:1 NLT
Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.
Matthew 10:3 NLT
Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus
Matthew 10:5 NLT
Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans
Matthew 10:8 NLT
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!
Matthew 10:11 NLT
“Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.
Matthew 10:13 NLT
If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.
Matthew 10:14 NLT
If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your feet as you leave.
Matthew 10:15 NLT
I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on the judgment day.
Matthew 10:16 NLT
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:17 NLT
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
Matthew 10:19 NLT
When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time.
Matthew 10:20 NLT
For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:22 NLT
And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:23 NLT
When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.
Matthew 10:24 NLT
“Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.
Matthew 10:27 NLT
What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
Matthew 10:28 NLT
“Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:29 NLT
What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
Matthew 10:32 NLT
“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:33 NLT
But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:34 NLT
“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:35 NLT
‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Matthew 10:38 NLT
If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
Matthew 10:39 NLT
If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
Matthew 10:40 NLT
“Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.
Matthew 10:42 NLT
And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded.”