# Matthew 10

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/10

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out and heal every disease and every sickness.
2. Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee, and John his brother.
3. Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.
4. Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who also betrayed him.
5. Jesus sent these twelve and commanded them: "Do not go by way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a Samaritan city."
6. Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7. As you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.
8. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. You received freely; freely give.
9. Do not acquire gold, nor silver, nor brass in your belts.
10. Do not take a bag for the journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff, for the worker deserves his food.
11. And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave.
12. And when you enter the house, greet it.
13. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.
14. And whoever does not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or city.
15. Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.
16. See, I send you as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
17. But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
18. And you will be led before governors and kings on my account, for a testimony to them and the nations.
19. But when they hand you over, do not worry how or what to say, for it will be given to you in that hour what to say.
20. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
21. A brother will betray a brother to death, and a father a child. Children will rise up against parents and put them to death.
22. You will be hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.
23. But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will not finish the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
24. A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a servant than his lord.
25. It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more his household!
26. Therefore do not fear them, for everything covered will be revealed, and everything hidden will be known.
27. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim from the rooftops.
28. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
29. Aren’t two sparrows sold for a farthing? Not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
30. but even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31. Therefore do not fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.
32. So whoever confesses me before people, I will also confess him before my Father in heaven.
33. But whoever denies me before people, I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.
34. Do not suppose that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36. And a man's enemies will be his household members.
37. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38. And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.
39. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
40. The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.
41. Whoever welcomes a prophet in a prophet's name will obtain a prophet's reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in a righteous person's name will obtain a righteous person's reward.
42. And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.

## Nearby chapters

[Matthew 9](https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/9.md)
[Matthew 11](https://www.lumin.faith/read/matthew/11.md)

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