Matthew 10
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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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Matthew 10
10
The Twelve Disciples; Instructions for Service
1Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority and power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
2Now these are the names of the twelve #In general usage the word “apostle” (Gr apostolos) means “sent one” or “messenger.” In this passage and others in reference to the “twelve,” the word “apostles” is used in a technical sense of the twelve disciples, and later Paul, whom Jesus chose. An apostle was one who witnessed Christ’s resurrection (Acts 1:21, 22; 1 Cor 9:1, 2). They validated their apostleship by performing “signs and wonders and miracles” (2 Cor 12:12), and were the foundation of the church.apostles (special messengers, personally chosen representatives): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; #It is believed that Salome, Zebedee’s wife and the mother of James and John was a sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus.James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3Philip and Bartholomew (Nathanael); Thomas and Matthew (Levi) the tax collector; #Also known as James the Less or James the Younger. It is believed that his mother, Mary (Gr Maria), was a sister or sister-in-law of Mary, the mother of Jesus (John 19:25).James the son of #Possibly the Hebrew or Syriac name of the same person: Clopas. He may be the “Cleopas” mentioned in Luke 24:18.Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas, not Iscariot); 4Simon the Cananaean (Zealot), and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.
5Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them: “Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not go into a city of the Samaritans; 6but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. 9Do not take gold, or silver, or [even] copper money in your money belt, 10or a provision bag for your journey, or even two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker deserves his support. 11Whatever city or village you enter, ask who in it is worthy [who welcomes you and your message], and stay at his house until you leave [that city]. 12As you go into the house, give it your greeting [that is, ‘Peace be to this house’]. 13If [the family living in] the house is worthy [welcoming you and your message], give it your [blessing of] #I.e. “shalom” is to come upon this house.peace [that is, a blessing of well-being and prosperity, the favor of God]. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. 14Whoever does not welcome you, nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or city, #A symbolic act expressing contempt.shake the dust [of it] off your feet [in contempt, breaking all ties]. 15I assure you and most solemnly say to you, it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of #The cities destroyed by God because of the sinfulness of their people (Gen 19:1-29).Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city [since it rejected the Messiah’s messenger].
A Hard Road before Them
16 “Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda]. 17Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues; 18and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you within that [very] hour; 20for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise up and rebel against their parents and cause them to be put to death. 22And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.
23 “When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
The Meaning of Discipleship
24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a bond-servant above his master. 25It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the bond-servant like his master. If they have called the head of the house #I.e. an idol worshiped in the Philistine city of Ekron: Baal Zebul, lord of the high places or Baal Zebub, lord of the flies.Beelzebul (Satan), how much more [will they speak evil of] the members of his household.
26 “So do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed [at the judgment], or kept secret that will not be made known [at the judgment]. 27What I say to you in the dark (privately), tell in the light (publicly); and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops [to many people]. 28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two little sparrows sold for a #Gr assarion, a Roman coin equal to a 16th of a denarius (the denarius was counted as a day’s wages for an unskilled worker).copper coin? And yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered [for the Father is sovereign and has complete knowledge]. 31So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.
32 “Therefore, the one who # The word “confess” used in conjunction with “before” connotes a legal statement or a testimony in a legal setting. confesses and acknowledges Me before men [as Lord and Savior, affirming a state of oneness with Me], that one I will also confess and acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven. 33But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief]. 35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a man’s enemies will be the members of his [own] household [when one believes and another does not].
37 “ # Commitment to Jesus takes precedence over all else. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38And he who does not take his #The historical background behind this statement is that those who were about to be crucified had to carry the crossbeam to which they would be nailed or bound. In addition to the terrible agony that crucifixion inflicted, it was such a great indignity that some of the Roman writers used the word cross as a curse word in the expression “Go to a bad cross!” (Lat i in malam crucem).cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me] is not worthy of Me. 39Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
The Reward of Service
40 “He who receives and welcomes you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. 41He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42And whoever gives to one of these little ones [these who are humble in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.”
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