Matthew 10–15

¹And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. ²And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus; ⁴Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

⁵These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, ‘To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in, ⁶and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷‘And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh; ⁸infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out—freely ye did receive, freely give.

⁹‘Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, ¹⁰nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff—for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

¹¹‘And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth. ¹²And coming to the house salute it, ¹³and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

¹⁴‘And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet, ¹⁵verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶‘Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves. ¹⁷And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you, ¹⁸and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹‘And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak; ²⁰for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

²¹‘And 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 by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

²³‘And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

²⁴‘A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord; ²⁵sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

²⁶‘Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known; ²⁷that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

²⁸‘And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.

²⁹‘Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father; ³⁰and of you—even the hairs of the head are all numbered; ³¹be not therefore afraid, than many sparrows ye are better.

³²‘Every one, therefore, who shall confess in me before men, I also will confess in him before my Father who is in the heavens; ³³and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴‘Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; ³⁵for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, ³⁶and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

³⁷‘He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me, ³⁸and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

³⁹‘He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰‘He who is receiving you doth receive me, and he who is receiving me doth receive Him who sent me, ⁴¹he who is receiving a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who is receiving a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man’s reward, ⁴²and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.’

Chapter 11

¹And it came to pass, when Jesus ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. ²And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, ³said to him, ‘Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?’ ⁴And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see, ⁵blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed, ⁶and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.’

⁷And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, ‘What went ye out to the wilderness to view?—a reed shaken by the wind?

⁸‘But what went ye out to see?—a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings’ houses.

⁹‘But what went ye out to see?—a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, ¹⁰for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. ¹¹Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

¹²‘And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, ¹³for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, ¹⁴and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come; ¹⁵he who is having ears to hear—let him hear.

¹⁶‘And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades, ¹⁷and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the breast.

¹⁸‘For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; ¹⁹the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.’ ²⁰Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform. ²¹‘Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed; ²²but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

²³‘And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because if in Sodom had been done the mighty works that were done in thee, it had remained unto this day; ²⁴but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee.’

²⁵At that time Jesus answering said, ‘I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that thou didst hide these things from wise and understanding ones, and didst reveal them to babes. ²⁶Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.

²⁷‘All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal Him.

²⁸‘Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest, ²⁹take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble 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 did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat, ²and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, ‘Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.’ ³And he said to them, ‘Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him— ⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

⁵‘Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless? ⁶and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here; ⁷and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice—ye had not condemned the blameless, ⁸for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.’ ⁹And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue, ¹⁰and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?’ that they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said to them, ‘What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it? ¹²How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep?—so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.’ ¹³Then saith he to the man, ‘Stretch forth thy hand,’ and he stretched it forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

¹⁴And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him, ¹⁵and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all, ¹⁶and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,…