The Good News According to Matthew
capítulo 10
verso 1
He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.
verso 2
Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;
verso 3
Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;
verso 4
Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
verso 5
Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.
verso 6
Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
verso 7
As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
verso 8
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
verso 9
Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.
verso 10
Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
verso 11
Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.
verso 12
As you enter into the household, greet it.
verso 13
If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.
verso 14
Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
verso 15
Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
verso 16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
verso 17
But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
verso 18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
verso 19
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
verso 20
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
verso 21
“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
verso 22
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
verso 23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
verso 24
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
verso 25
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
verso 26
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
verso 27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
verso 28
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
verso 29
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
verso 30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
verso 31
Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
verso 32
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
verso 33
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
verso 34
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
verso 35
For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
verso 36
A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
verso 37
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
verso 38
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.
verso 39
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
verso 40
“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
verso 41
He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
verso 42
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”
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