Matthew 10–15

Chapter 10

¹And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into the way of the nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not; ⁶but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh. ⁸Heal the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously. ⁹Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts, ¹⁰nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment. ¹¹But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth. ¹²And as ye enter into a house salute it. ¹³And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. ¹⁵Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

¹⁶Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves. ¹⁷But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues; ¹⁸and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. ¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak. ²⁰For ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you. ²¹But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death; ²²and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved. ²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come. ²⁴The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord. ²⁵It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household? ²⁶Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be known. ²⁷What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses. ²⁸And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father; ³⁰but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered. ³¹Fear not therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. ³²Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father who is in the heavens. ³³But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in the heavens. ³⁴Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law; ³⁶and they of his household shall be a man’s enemies. ³⁷He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. ³⁹He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. ⁴¹He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward. ⁴²And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Chapter 11

¹And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. ²But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples, ³and said to him, Art thou the coming one? or are we to wait for another? ⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see. ⁵Blind men see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have glad tidings preached to them: ⁶and blessed is whosoever shall not be offended in me.

⁷But as they went away, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind? ⁸But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in delicate raiment? behold, those who wear delicate things are in the houses of kings. ⁹But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet: ¹⁰this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹Verily I say to you, that there is not arisen among the born of women a greater than John the baptist. But he who is a little one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹²But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and the violent seize on it. ¹³For all the prophets and the law have prophesied unto John. ¹⁴And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come. ¹⁵He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, which, calling to their companions, ¹⁷say, We have piped to you, and ye have not danced: we have mourned to you, and ye have not wailed. ¹⁸For John has come neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: —and wisdom has been justified by her children. ²⁰Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented. ²¹Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes. ²²But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in judgment-day than for you. ²³And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day. ²⁴But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in judgment-day than for thee.

²⁵At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes. ²⁶Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight. ²⁷All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal him. ²⁸Come to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls; ³⁰for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Chapter 12

¹At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat. ²But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath. ³But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him? ⁴How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only? ⁵Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple. ⁷But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath. ⁹And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue. ¹⁰And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. ¹¹But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise it up? ¹²How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath. ¹³Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out, and it was restored sound as the other.

¹⁴But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵But Jesus knowing it, withdrew thence, and great crowds followed him; and he healed them all: ¹⁶and charged them strictly that they should not make…