Matthew 10
10
1Then Yeshua [God is Salvation] called his twelve disciples and gave them power over every unclean Spirit [Ruach] to cast them out from man and to heal every sickness and every plague.
2These are the names of the twelve apostles: Shim’on [he has heard] called Kefa [pebble] and Andrew [of a man] his brother.
3Philip [friend of horses] and Bar- Talmai [abounding in furrows] and Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] and Yochanan [Yah is gracious] his brother, sons of Zavdai [Yah has bestowed]. T’oma [twin] and Mattityahu [gift of Yah], who by reputation was a lender of money for interest. Ya’akov [He who grabs onto the heal of] Bar-Halfai [son of “changing”] and Y’hudah [Praise].
4Shim’on [he has heard] the Kenani [merchant] and Y’hudah [praised] From K’riot [cities], who after this betrayed him.
5These twelve Yeshua [God is Salvation] sent. He commanded them saying: “To the lands of the Goyim [Gentiles] do not go and do not enter into the cities of the Samaritans”.
6“Go to the sheep who have strayed from the house of Y’sra’el [he who holds onto the heal of God]”.
7“Preach to them that the Kingdom of heaven will be fulfilled”.
8“Heal the sick, restore life to the dead, cleanse the lepers and cast out demons from men. Do not take wages. Freely you have received, freely you shall give”.
9“Do not heap up silver and gold; nor have wealth in your purse”,
10“nor change of clothes, nor shoes, nor a staff in your hand. The workman is worthy to receive enough for his food”.
11“In every city and in every town that you enter ask who is the good man among them and there remain until you go out”.
12“When you enter into the house, give to them a shalom saying: Shalom to this house; shalom to all who dwell in it”.
13“If that house should be worthy, your shalom will come upon it, but if it is not worthy, your shalom will return to you”.
14“If one does not receive you or listen to you, you shall go out from that house and shake off the dust from your feet”.
15“Truly I say unto you, it will be better for Sodom [burnt] and Gomorrah in the judgment day than for that city”.
16“Behold I send you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Be as crafty as serpents and humble as doves”.
17“Beware of men. They will not deliver you up in their congregations and houses of assembly”,
18“but to governors and kings. You will be able bear witness on my behalf to them and to the Goyim [Gentiles]”.
19“When they seize you, do not consider what you will say, because in the hour that you are in need an answer will come to you”.
20“It will not be you who speak, but Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit [Ruach]) of my Father will speak through you”.
21“Brother will deliver up brother to death and a father his son; the sons will rise up against their fathers and lead them unto death”.
22“You will become a ridicule (laughing at enemies’ threats) and a fright to all the nations because of my name. Whoever endures, however, until the time of the end will be saved”.
23Again Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “When they pursue you in this city flee to another; truly I say to you, you will not have completed for yourselves the cities of Y’sra’el [he who holds onto the heal of God] before the Son of Man comes”.
24“No disciple is greater than his Rabbi, nor is the slave greater than his Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth]”.
25“It is sufficient for the disciple to be like his Rabbi and for the slave to be like his Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth]. If they call the Adon [Lord - Kurios of the earth] of the house Ba’al-zevuv [Lord - Kurios of the Flies], so much the more the sons of his house”.
26“Do not fear them, because there is nothing which will not be seen, nor hidden which will not be made known”.
27“That which I say to you in the darkness, say it in the light; that which you hear by the ear, tell it in the council place”.
28“Do not fear those who kill bodies, who have no power to kill souls; but fear The One who has power to destroy the soul and body in Gei-Hinnom [hell, valley of evil counsel]”.
29“Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin and not one of them will fall to the earth without the will of your Father Who is in heaven?”
30“Are not all the hairs of your head numbered?”
31“Do not fear, because you are more precious than the sparrows”.
32“He who confesses me before men I will confess before my Father Who is in heaven”.
33“He who denies me before men, I will deny before my father Who is in heaven”.
34In that hour Yeshua [God is Salvation] said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to put peace on the earth, but a sword”.
35“I have come to separate mankind, the son from his father and the daughter from her mother”.
36“The enemy is to be loved ones”.
37“He who loves his father and his mother more than me, I am not suitable for him”.
39“He who loves his life will lose it, he who loses it for my sake will find it”.
40“He who receives you, receives me and he who receives me, receives the One Who sent me”.
41“He who receives a prophet in the name of ‘a prophet’, will receive the reward of the prophet; he who receives a righteous one in the name of ‘a righteous one’, will receive the reward of the righteous one”.
42“He who gives a vessel of cold water to one of my little disciples in the name of ‘my disciple’, truly I say to you that he will not lose his reward”.
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Matthew 10
10
Jesus chooses his twelve apostles
(Mark 3.13-19; Luke 6.12-16)
1Jesus called together his twelve disciples. He gave them the power to force out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2The first of the twelve apostles was Simon, better known as Peter. His brother Andrew was an apostle, and so were James and John, the two sons of Zebedee. 3Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector,#10.3 tax collector: See the note at 5.46. James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus were also apostles. 4The others were Simon, known as the Eager One,#10.4 known as the Eager One: The Greek text has “Cananaean”, which probably comes from a Hebrew word meaning “zealous” (see Luke 6.15). “Zealot” was the name later given to the members of a Jewish group which resisted and fought against the Romans. and Judas Iscariot,#10.4 Iscariot: This may mean “a man from Kerioth” (a place in Judea). But more probably it means “a man who was a liar” or “a man who was a betrayer”. who later betrayed Jesus.
Instructions for the twelve apostles
(Mark 6.7-13; Luke 9.1-6)
5Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions:
Stay away from the Gentiles and don't go to any Samaritan town. 6Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep. 7As you go, announce that the kingdom of heaven will soon be here.#10.7 will soon be here: Or “is already here.”#Lk 10.4-12. 8Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy,#10.8 leprosy: See the note at 8.2. and force out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid. 9Don't take along any gold, silver, or copper coins. 10And don't carry#10.9,10 Don't take along…don't carry: Or “Don't accept…don't accept”. a travelling bag or an extra shirt or sandals or a walking stick.#1 Co 9.14; 1 Ti 5.18.
Workers deserve their food. 11So when you go to a town or a village, find someone worthy enough to have you as their guest and stay with them until you leave. 12When you go to a home, give it your blessing of peace. 13If the home is deserving, let your blessing remain with them. But if the home isn't deserving, take back your blessing of peace. 14If someone won't welcome you or listen to your message, leave their home or town. And shake the dust from your feet at them.#10.14 shake the dust from your feet at them: This was a way of showing rejection. See Acts 13.51.#Ac 13.51. 15I promise you that the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah#10.15 Sodom and Gomorrah: During the time of Abraham the Lord destroyed these towns because the people there were so evil. than for that town.#Mt 11.24; Gn 19.24-28.
Warning about trouble
(Mark 13.9-13; Luke 21.12-17)
Jesus continued:
16I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves.#Lk 10.3. 17Watch out for people who will take you to court and have you beaten in their meeting places.#Mk 13.9-11; Lk 12.11,12; 21.12-15. 18Because of me, you will be dragged before rulers and kings to tell them and the Gentiles about your faith. 19But when someone arrests you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the words to say. 20But you will not really be the one speaking. The Spirit from your Father will tell you what to say.
21Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed.#Mk 13.12; Lk 21.16. 22Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.#Mt 24.9; Mk 13.13; Lk 21.17; Mt 24.13; Mk 13.13. 23When people ill-treat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you that before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come.
24Disciples are not better than their teacher, and slaves are not better than their master.#Lk 6.40; Jn 13.16; 15.20. 25It is enough for disciples to be like their teacher and for slaves to be like their master. If people call the head of the family Satan, what will they say about the rest of the family?#Mt 9.34; 12.24; Mk 3.22; Lk 11.15.
The one to fear
(Luke 12.2-7)
Jesus continued:
26Don't be afraid of anyone! Everything that is hidden will be found out, and every secret will be known.#Mk 4.22; Lk 8.17. 27Whatever I say to you in the dark, you must tell in the light. And you must announce from the housetops whatever I have whispered to you. 28Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell. 29Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground. 30Even the hairs on your head are counted. 31So don't be afraid! You are worth much more than many sparrows.
Telling others about Christ
(Luke 12.8,9)
Jesus continued:
32If you tell others that you belong to me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you are my followers. 33But if you reject me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you don't belong to me.#2 Ti 2.12.
Not peace, but trouble
(Luke 12.51-53; 14.26,27)
Jesus continued:
34Don't think that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace. 35I came to turn sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.#Mic 7.6. 36Your worst enemies will be in your own family.
37If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples. 38And unless you are willing to take up your cross and come with me, you are not fit to be my disciples.#Mt 16.24; Mk 8.34; Lk 9.23. 39If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will find it.#Mt 16.25; Mk 8.35; Lk 9.24; 17.33; Jn 12.25.
Rewards
(Mark 9.41)
Jesus continued:
40Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me.#Lk 10.16; Jn 13.20; Mk 9.37; Lk 9.48. 41Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just because that person is a prophet, will be given the same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes a good person, just because that person is good, will be given the same reward as a good person. 42And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.
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