10Summoning His 12 disciples, ^wHe gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every ^xdisease and sickness. ^y²These are the names of the 12 apostles: ^z

First, Simon, who is called Peter,

and Andrew his brother;

James the son of Zebedee,

and John his brother;

³Philip and Bartholomew; ^a

Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;

James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^b

⁴Simon the Zealot, ^cand Judas Iscariot, ^d

who also betrayed Him. ^e

⁵Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road leading to other nations, and don’t enter any ^•Samaritan ^ftown. ⁶Instead, go to the lost sheep ^gof the house of Israel. ^h⁷As you go, announce this: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ ⁱ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with skin diseases, drive out demons. ^jYou have received free of charge; give free of charge. ⁹Don’t take along gold, silver, or copper for your money-belts. ^k¹⁰Don’t take a traveling bag for the road, or an extra shirt, sandals, or a walking stick, for the worker ^lis worthy of his food.

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Footnotes

x10:1 Or every kind of
a10:3 Probably the Nathanael of Jn 1:45–51
b10:3 Other read and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus
c10:4 the Cananaean
d10:4 Iscariot is probably “a man of Kerioth,” a town in Judea.
•A people of mixed, Gentile/Jewish ancestry who lived between Galilee and Judea and were hated by the Jews

Cross references

w10:1–4 Mk 3:13–19; 6:13–16
y10:1 Mt 9:35; Mk 6:7; Lk 9:1
z10:2 Mt 4:18, 21; 16:18; Jn 1:42
e10:4 Mt 26:14; Lk 22:3; Jn 6:71; 13:2, 26
f10:5 2Kg 17:24; Lk 9:52; 17:16; Jn 4:9; Ac 8:25
g10:6 Ps 119:36; Is 53:6; Jr 50:6; Mt 9:36; 18:12
h10:6 Ac 2:36; 7:42; Heb 8:8, 10
i10:7 Mt 3:2–3; 4:17; Lk 10:9
j10:8 Mk 3:15; Rv 9:20; 18:2
k10:9–15 Mk 6:6–8; Lk 9:3–5; 10:4–12
l10:10 Lk 10:7; 1Co 9:14; 1Tm 5:18