Mattityahu (Mat) 10
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1Yeshua called his twelve talmidim and gave them authority to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every kind of disease and weakness. 2These are the names of the twelve emissaries:
First, Shim‘on, called Kefa, and Andrew his brother,
Ya‘akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan his brother,
3Philip and Bar-Talmai,
T’oma and Mattityahu the tax-collector,
Ya‘akov Bar-Halfai and Taddai,
4Shim‘on the Zealot, and Y’hudah from K’riot, who betrayed him.
5These twelve Yeshua sent out with the following instructions: “Don’t go into the territory of the Goyim, and don’t enter any town in Shomron, 6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Isra’el. 7As you go, proclaim, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is near,’ 8heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those afflicted with tzara’at, expel demons. You have received without paying, so give without asking payment. 9Don’t take money in your belts, no gold, no silver, no copper; 10and for the trip don’t take a pack, an extra shirt, shoes or a walking stick — a worker should be given what he needs.
11“When you come to a town or village, look for someone trustworthy and stay with him until you leave. 12When you enter someone’s household, say, ‘Shalom aleikhem!’ 13If the home deserves it, let your shalom rest on it; if not, let your shalom return to you. 14But if the people of a house or town will not welcome you or listen to you, leave it and shake its dust from your feet! 15Yes, I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the Day of Judgment for the people of S’dom and ‘Amora than for that town!
16“Pay attention! I am sending you out like sheep among wolves, so be as prudent as snakes and as harmless as doves. 17Be on guard, for there will be people who will hand you over to the local Sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues. 18On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as a testimony to them and to the Goyim. 19But when they bring you to trial, do not worry about what to say or how to say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you should say. 20For it will not be just you speaking, but the Spirit of your heavenly Father speaking through you.
21“A brother will betray his brother to death, and a father his child; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. 22Everyone will hate you because of me, but whoever holds out till the end will be preserved from harm. 23When you are persecuted in one town, run away to another. Yes indeed; I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Isra’el before the Son of Man comes.
24“A talmid is not greater than his rabbi, a slave is not greater than his master. 25It is enough for a talmid that he become like his rabbi, and a slave like his master. Now if people have called the head of the house Ba‘al-Zibbul, how much more will they malign the members of his household! 26So do not fear them; for there is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, or hidden that will not be known. 27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.
28“Do not fear those who kill the body but are powerless to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who can destroy both soul and body in Gei-Hinnom. 29Aren’t sparrows sold for next to nothing, two for an assarion? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s consent. 30As for you, every hair on your head has been counted. 31So do not be afraid, you are worth more than many sparrows.
32“Whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others I will also acknowledge in the presence of my Father in heaven. 33But whoever disowns me before others I will disown before my Father in heaven.
34“Don’t suppose that I have come to bring peace to the Land. It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword! 35For I have come to set
36a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,
so that a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.
37Whoever loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not worthy of me. 38And anyone who does not take up his execution-stake and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40“Whoever receives you is receiving me, and whoever receives me is receiving the One who sent me. 41Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive the reward a prophet gets, and anyone who receives a tzaddik because he is a tzaddik will receive the reward a tzaddik gets. 42Indeed, if someone gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my talmid — yes! — I tell you, he will certainly not lose his reward!”
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1 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 2Now the names of the twelve emissaries are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; Jacob the son of Zebedee; Yochanan, his brother; 3Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; Jacob the son of Halfai; Labbai, who was also called#10:3 NU omits “Labbai, who was also called” Taddai; 4Simon the Zealot; and Judah Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5Yeshua sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. 6Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7As you go, proclaim, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,#10:8 TR adds “raise the dead,” and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 9Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. 10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 11Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. 12As you enter into the household, greet it. 13If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. 14Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. 15Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 19But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 20For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
24 “A disciple is not above his rabbi, nor a servant above his lord. 25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his rabbi, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,#10:25 Literally, Lord of the Flies, or the devil how much more those of his household! 26Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 28Don’t be afraid of 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 Gehinnom.#10:28 or, Hell.
29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? # 10:29 An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 33But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36A man’s foes will be those of his own household.#Micah 7:6 37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. 38He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. 39He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”
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