⁵Jesus sent these twelve out with the following instructions: “Don’t go among people who are not Jewish or into any Samaritan city. ⁶Instead, go to the lost sheep of the nation of Israel. ⁷As you go, spread this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ ⁸Cure the sick, bring the dead back to life, cleanse those with skin diseases, and force demons out of people. Give these things without charging, since you received them without paying.

⁹“Don’t take any gold, silver, or even copper coins in your pockets. ¹⁰Don’t take a traveling bag for the trip, a change of clothes, sandals, or a walking stick. After all, the worker deserves to have his needs met.

¹¹“When you go into a city or village, look for people who will listen to you there. Stay with them until you leave ⸤that place⸥. ¹²When you go into a house, greet the family. ¹³If it is a family that listens to you, allow your greeting to stand. But if it is not receptive, take back your greeting. ¹⁴If anyone doesn’t welcome you or listen to what you say, leave that house or city, and shake its dust off your feet. ¹⁵I can guarantee this truth: Judgment day will be better for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city.

¹⁶“I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as snakes but as innocent as doves. ¹⁷Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸Because of me you will even be brought in front of governors and kings to testify to them and to everyone in the world. ¹⁹When they hand you over ⸤to the authorities⸥, don’t worry about what to say or how to say it. When the time comes, you will be given what to say. ²⁰Indeed, you’re not the ones who will be speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.

²¹“Brother will hand over brother to death; a father will hand over his child. Children will rebel against their parents and kill them. ²²Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me. But the person who patiently endures to the end will be saved. ²³So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.

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