Mattityahu 10
10
1And summoning his Shneym Asar (Twelve) Talmidim, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave to them samchut (authority) over shedim (unclean spirits), so as to cast them out, and samchut (authority) to call forth refuah for every machla and every illness.
2Now of the Shneym Asar Shlichim, the names are these: first, Shim'on, the one being called Kefa, and Andrew his brother, Ya'akov Ben Zavdai and Yochanan his brother,
3Philippos and Bar-Talmai, T'oma and Mattityahu the moches, Ya'akov Ben-Chalfai and Taddai,
4Shim'on the Zealot and Yehudah from K'riot, who betrayed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.
5These Shneym Asar (Twelve) did Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach send out with the following directives, saying: In the Derech HaGoyim (Way of the Gentiles, Gentile territory) do not go, and do not enter into any Shomron town,
6but go rather to the Seh Oveid Beis Yisroel (the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel).
7And, while going, preach that the Malchut HaShomayim is imminent and miyad.
8Heal the cholim, raise the mesim, cleanse the metzoraim (lepers), cast out the shedim; freely you received, freely give.
9Take neither gold nor silver nor copper for your money belts,
10nor a schnorrerʼs (beggarʼs) bag for the road, nor two bekishe, nor sandals, nor a staff, for the oseh hamelachah (the one doing the work) is worthy of his lechem.
11And into whichever town or shtetl you enter, inquire who in it is a ben chayil (son of worthiness), and there remain until you leave.
12And when you enter into the bais (house), give that household your “Shalom”!
13And if indeed the bais is a bais chayil (a house of worthiness), let your shalom come upon it; but if it is not a bais chayil, let your shalom return to you.
14And whoever neither receives you nor listens to your divrei,#10:14 Moshiach as you are leaving and as you go outside of that bais (house) or city, then let it be NIER CHATZNO (shake out the fold of the robe),#10:14 i.e., wash ones hands of shake off the dust of your feet.
15Omein, I say to you, it will be more tolerable on Yom HaDin (the Day of Judgment) for S'dom and Amora than for that shtetl.
16Hinei! I send you as kevesim (sheep) in the midst of ze'evim; therefore, have the seichel (intelligence) of nachashim (serpents) and be tamim (faultless) as yonim (doves).
17And beware of Bnei Adam, for they will deliver you up to the sanhedriyot (local councils, bet din courts) and in their shuls they will subject you to the shot (whip).
18And before moshelim (governors) and also melachim (kings) you will be led for my sake,#10:18 for the sake of Moshiach for an edut (testimony) to them and to the Goyim.
19But when they deliver you up, do not be of a LEV ROGEZ#10:19 Dt 28:65 (anxious heart) worried about how or what you are to say; for it will be given to you in that hour what you are to speak.
20For you are not the ones speaking, but the Ruach Avichem (the Spirit of your Father) is the one speaking in you.
21And brother will deliver up to death his own brother, even an abba his own yeled. And yeladim will stand up against their horim (parents) and put them to death.
22And you will be under the sinas chinom (baseless hatred) of kol Bnei Adam on account of my Name; but the one enduring ad es HaKetz (until the End) will receive the Yeshu'at Eloheinu (the Salvation of our G-d).
23But when they persecute you in one shtetl, flee to the other; for, omein, I say to you, by no means will you complete the shtetlach of Eretz Yisroel until the Bias HaMoshiach#10:23 Dan 7:13 (Coming of the Moshiach, the Bar Enosh).
24A talmid is not above his Rebbe nor an eved (servant) above his Baal Bayit (master).
25It is enough for the talmid that he be like his Rebbe, and the eved like his Baal Bayit. If they called the Baal Bayit Baal-zibbul, how much more the anashim (men) in his bais.
26Therefore, do not fear them; for nothing has been veiled which will not be unveiled; and nothing has been nistar (hidden) which will not be made known.
27What I say to you in the choshech (darkness), you declare in the ohr (light); and what you hear whispered into your ears, shout, preach, from the rooftops.
28And do not fear those who kill the basar (flesh), but are unable to kill the nefesh (soul); but rather fear the One who is able to destroy both basar and nefesh in Gehinnom.
29Are not two sparrows sold for the least valuable copper coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from Avichem!
30But, as far as you are concerned, even the hairs of your rosh have been inventoried.
31Therefore, al taarotz (do not be afraid)! You are of more value than many sparrows!
32Therefore, everyone who shall declare publicly the Ani Maamin hoda'ah of me,#10:32 as Moshiach before Bnei HaAdam, I will make hoda'ah (acknowledgment) of him before Avi shbaShomayim.
33But everyone who makes hakhchashah (denial) of me,#10:33 as Moshiach I also will make hakhchashah (denial) of him before Avi shbaShomayim.
34Do not think that I have come to bring shalom al haaretz (peace on the earth); I have not come to bring shalom but a cherev (sword).
35For I came to divide a man against his Av, and a bat against her Em, and a kallah (bride) against her chamot (mother-in-law, shviger).
36And the OIYVEI ISH ANSHEI VEITO#10:36 Mic 7:6 (the enemies of a man will be the members of his own household).
37The one who has more ahavah (love) for a tata (papa) or a mama than for me#10:37 Moshiach is not worthy of me,#10:37 Moshiach and the one who has more ahavah (love) for a ben or a bat than me is not worthy of me.
38The one who does not take up his etz shel mesiros nefesh (tree of self-sacrifice) and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
39The one who has found his nefesh will lose it; the one who has lost his nefesh for my sake#10:39 lemaan Moshiach will find it.
40The one who gives the kabbalat panim (welcome) to you gives the Baruch Habah (welcome) to me,#10:40 to Moshiach and the one who gives the Baruch Habah to me#10:40 Moshiach gives the Baruch Habah to the One#10:40 Elohim HaAv who sent me.
41The one who gives the Baruch Habah to a navi (prophet) in the name of a navi will receive the sachar (reward) of a navi, and the one who gives the Baruch Habah to a tzaddik (righteous man) in the name of a tzaddik will receive the sachar of a tzaddik.
42And whoever in the name of a talmid#10:42 of Moshiach gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones,#10:42 the least of the talmidim of Moshiach omein, I say to you, he will by no means lose his sachar.
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Matthew 10
10
Commissioning the Twelve
1Summoning his twelve disciples,#Mk 3:13–19; 6:13–16 he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every#10:1 Or every kind of disease and sickness.#10:1 Or physical ailment#Mt 9:35; Mk 6:7; Lk 9:1 2These are the names of the twelve apostles:#Mt 4:18,21; 16:18; Jn 1:42 First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;#10:3 Other mss read and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus 4Simon the Zealot,#10:4 Lit the Cananaean and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.#Mt 26:14; Lk 22:3; Jn 6:71; 13:2,26
5Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan#2Kg 17:24; Lk 9:52; 17:16; Jn 4:9; Ac 8:25 town. 6Instead, go to the lost sheep#Ps 119:36; Is 53:6; Jr 50:6; Mt 9:36; 18:12 of the house of Israel.#Ac 2:36; 7:42; Heb 8:8,10 7As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’#Mt 3:2–3; 4:17; Lk 10:9 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy,#10:8 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases; see Lv 13–14 drive out demons.#Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2 Freely you received, freely give. 9Don’t acquire gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts.#Mk 6:6–8; Lk 9:3–5; 10:4–12 10Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a staff, for the worker#Lk 10:7; 1Co 9:14; 1Tm 5:18 is worthy of his food. 11When you enter any town or village, find out who is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12Greet a household when you enter it,#1Sm 25:6; 1Ch 12:18; Ps 122:7–8 13and if the household is worthy, let your peace be on it; but if it is unworthy, let your peace return to you.#Ps 35:13; Mt 8:8; Ac 16:15 14If anyone does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet#Neh 5:13; Lk 10:11; Ac 13:51 when you leave that house or town. 15Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment#Mt 12:36; Ac 17:31; Heb 10:25; 2Pt 2:9; 1Jn 4:17 for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.#Mt 11:22,24; 2Pt 2:6; Jd 6–7
Persecutions Predicted
16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves. #
Gn 3:1; Lk 10:3; Rm 16:19; Php 2:15 17Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts#10:17 Or sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues.#Mk 13:9,11; Lk 12:11–12; Ac 5:40; 26:11 18You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.#Mt 28:19; Rm 1:5; Gl 1:16 19But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak.#Ex 4:12; Nm 23:5; Dt 18:18; Mt 6:25 For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20because it isn’t you speaking, but the Spirit#Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5 of your Father is speaking through you.#Lk 12:12; Ac 4:8; 13:9; 2Co 13:3
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. #
Mc 7:6; Mt 10:35–36; Mk 13:12 22You will be hated by everyone because of my name.#Mt 24:9; Lk 21:17; Jn 15:18 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.#Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13; Jn 12:12–13 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to another.#Mt 12:15; Ac 8:1; 9:25; 14:6; 17:10 For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24A disciple#10:24 Or student is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.#Lk 6:40; Jn 13:16; 15:20 25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!#2Kg 1:2; Mt 12:24,27; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15,18–19
Fear God
26 “Therefore, #
Lk 12:2–9
don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.#Mk 4:22; Lk 8:17; 12:2 27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,#10:27 Lit in the ear proclaim on the housetops.#Mt 24:17; Lk 5:19; 12:3; Ac 5:20 28Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; #Is 8:12–13; 51:12–13; Jr 1:8; 1Pt 3:14 rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.#Mt 5:22; Lk 12:5; Heb 10:31; Jms 4:12 29Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny?#10:29 Gk assarion, a small copper coin Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s#Mt 5:16; 11:27; Lk 11:13; Jn 8:42 consent.#10:29 Lit ground apart from your Father 30But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.#1Sm 14:45; 2Sm 14:11; Lk 21:18; Ac 27:34 31So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.#Mt 6:26; 12:12
Acknowledging Christ
32 “Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. #
Lk 12:8; Rm 10:9–10; Rv 3:5 33But whoever denies me before others,#Mk 8:38; Lk 9:26; 2Tm 2:12; 2Pt 2:1 I will also deny him before my Father in heaven. 34Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.#Lk 12:51–53 35For I came to turn
a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
36 and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household. # 10:35–36 Mc 7:6 #
Ps 41:9; 55:12–13; Mc 7:6; Jn 13:18
37 The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; #
Lk 14:25–27
the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39Anyone who finds his life will lose it,#Mt 16:25; Mk 8:35; Lk 9:24; 17:33; Jn 12:25 and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.#Mt 9:9; Jn 8:12; 12:26; 21:19
A Cup of Cold Water
40 “The one who welcomes you welcomes me, #
Mt 18:5; Lk 10:16; Jn 13:20; Gl 4:14 and the one who welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.#Mk 9:37; Lk 9:48; Jn 12:44 41Anyone who welcomes a prophet#1Kg 17:10–15; 18:4; 2Kg 4:8; 3Jn 5–8 because he is a prophet#10:41 Lit prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous#10:41 Lit person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. 42And whoever gives#Mt 25:40; Mk 9:41; Heb 6:10 even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple,#10:42 Lit little ones in the name of a disciple#Mt 28:19; Lk 14:26; Jn 8:31; 13:35; 15:8; Ac 6:1 truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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