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Matthew 10

5 Christ sendeth out his Apostles to preach in Judea. 7 He giveth them charge, teacheth them, & comforteth them against persecution. 20 The holie Ghost speaketh by his ministers. 26 Whom we ought to fear. 30 Our hairs are counted 32 To confess Christ. 37 Not to love our parents more then Christ. 38 To take up our cross. 39 To save or lose the life. 40 To receive the preachers.
1.And *he called his twelve disciples unto him, and gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every sickness, and every disease.
2.Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these. The first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother: James the son of Zebedeus, and John his brother.
3.Philip & Bartholomew: Thomas, & Matthew the Publican: James the son of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:
4.Simon ^the Cananite, & Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5.These twelve did Jesus send forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6.But go rather *to the alost sheep of the house of Israel.
7.*And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8.Heal the sick: cleanse the lepers: raise up the dead: cast out the devils. Freely ye have received, bfreely give.
9.*^Possess not cgold, nor silver, nor money in your ^gridels,
10.Nor a scrip for the journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor a staff: *for the workman is worthy of his meat.
11.And into *whatsoever city or town ye shall come, enquire who is worthy in it, and there abide till ye go thence.
12.And when ye come into an house, salute the same.
13.And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14.*And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house, or that city, *dshake off the dust of your feet.
15.Truly I say unto you, it shalbe easier for them of the land of eSodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, then for that city.
16.*Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and ^finnocent as doves.
17.But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the Councils, and will scourge you in their Synagogues.
18.And ye shalbe brought to the governors and Kings for my sake, in gwitness to them, and to the Gentiles.
19.*But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shalbe given you in that hour, what ye shall say.
20.For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
21.And the *brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.
22.And ye shalbe hated of all men for my Name: *but he that endureth to the end, he shalbe saved.
23.And when they persecute you in this city, flee hinto another: for verily I say unto you, ye shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the iSon of man be come.
24.*The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25.It is enough for the disciple to be as his master is, and the servant as his lord. *If they have called the master of the house *kBeelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26.Fear them not therefore: *for there is nothing covered, that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be known.
27.What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the lhouses.
28.And fear ye not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29.Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father?
30.*Yea, and all the hairs of your head are numbered.
31.Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value then many sparrows.
32.*Whosoever therefore shall mconfess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father, which is in heaven.
33.But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father, which is in heaven.
34.*Think not that I am come to send npeace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
35.For I am come to set a man at ovariance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
36.*And a man’s enemies shalbe they of his own household.
37.*He that loveth father or mother more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loveth son, or daughter more then me, is not worthy of me.
38.*And he that taketh not his cross, and pfolloweth after me, is not worthy of me.
39.He that will save his q life, shall lose it, and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall save it.
40.He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that hath sent me.
41.*He that receiveth a rProphet in the name of a Prophet, shall receive a Prophet’s reward: and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive the reward of a righteous man.
42.*And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones to drink a cup of cold water only, in the name of a Disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

Notes

1-*.
Mar. 3.14, Luk. 9.1.
4-^.
Or, the zealous.
6-*.
Acts 13.46.
6-a.
For the kingdom of God must first be preached unto them, because Christ was especially promised unto them.
7-*.
Luk. 10.9.
8-b.
He commanded them to offer themselves freely to the Lord’s work, without respect of gain or lucre.
9-*.
Mar. 6.8, Luk. 9.3, and 22.35.
9-^.
Or, provide not for.
9-^-1.
Or, purses.
9-c.
Because he sent them not for a long time, but only for one journey, he defends the things that might let them: neither is this a perpetual commandment.
10-*.
1 Tim. 5.18.
11-*.
Luk. 10.7 and 8.
14-*.
Mar. 6.11, Luk. 10.10.
14-*-1.
Acts 13.51 and 18.6.
14-d.
To signify that their land is polluted, and that you consent not to their wickedness.
15-e.
Who were not so lively taught, and advertised.
16-*.
Luk. 10.3.
16-^.
Or, simple.
16-f.
Not revenging wrong, much less doing wrong.
18-g.
To take from them all pretence of ignorance, and to make them inexcusable.
19-*.
Mar. 13.11, Luk. 12.11.
21-*.
Luk. 21.16.
22-*.
Mar. 13.13, Luk. 21.19.
23-h.
To profit and do good, and not to be idle.
23-i.
And will comfort you and give manifest evidence of his presence: and he speaks not of their first sending, but of the whole time of their Apostleship.
24-*.
Luk. 6.40. John 13.16 and 15.20.
25-*.
Chap. 12.24.
25-k.
It was the name of an idol which signified the god of flies, and in despite thereof was attributed to the devil read 2 Kings 1.2 and the wicked called Christ by this name.
26-*.
Mar. 4.22, Luk. 8.17 and 12.2.
27-l.
Which in those countries are so made that men may walk upon them.
30-*.
2 Sam. 14.11, Act 27.34.
32-*.
Mar 8.38, Luk. 9.26 and 12.8, 2 Tim. 2.12.
32-m.
And acknowledge me his only Saviour.
34-*.
Luk. 12.51.
34-n.
He gives us inward peace in our consciences, but outwardly we must have war with wicked worldelings.
35-o.
Which thing comes not of the property of Christ, but proceeds of the malice of men, which love not the light, but darkness, and are offended with the word of salvation.
36-*.
Micah 7.6.
37-*.
Luk. 14.26.
38-*.
Chap. 16.24, Mar. 8.34, Luk. 9.23 and 14.27.
38-p.
Also they that invent any other way to honour God, then that he has prescribed by his word, follow not Christ, but go before him.
39-q.
He that does prefer his life before my glory.
41-*.
Luk. 10.6, John 3.21.
41-r.
We must reverence Christ and his servants, and receive them, as sent from him, and honour them for their office sake.
42-*.
Mar. 9.41.