Matthew - Chapter 10

1 And he called his twelve talmidim to him, and gave them authority over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal every pain and disease. 2 And the names of those twelve Apostles are: The first of them, Shimon who is called Keipha, and Andreos his brother; and Ya'aqub bar Zavddai, and Yokhanan his brother; 3 and Pilipus, and Bar Tulmai, and Thoma, and Mattai the tax collector; and Ya'aqub bar Khalpai, and Levi who was called Taddai; 4 and Shimon the Canaanite, and Yudah Skariota, he who betrayed him.

5 These twelve Yeshua sent forth and he commanded them saying: "Do not go in the way of the heathen: and do not enter the cities of the Samaritans. 6 But, rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael. 7 And as you go, proclaim and say: 'The kingdom of heaven has approached.'

8 "Heal the sick; cleanse the leprous; and cast out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. 9 Do not carry gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; 10 nor a wallet for the journey: neither two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the labourer is worthy of his food. 11 And into whatever city or village you enter, ask who in it is worthy; and stay there until you depart. 12 And when you enter into a house, ask for peace to be upon the household. 13 And if the house is worthy, your peace will come upon it; but if it is not worthy, your peace will return upon you. 14 And whoever will not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or that village, shake off the dust from your feet.

15 "Truly I say to you, that it will be more peaceful for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment, than for that city. 16 Behold, I send you as lambs among wolves; therefore you should be more discerning than serpents and you should be as harmless as doves.

17 "And beware of the B'nai Adam*; for they will deliver you over to a beit din*, and will scourge you within their assemblies. 18 And they will bring you before governors and kings, on my account, for a testimony to them and to the goyim. 19 And when they deliver you up, do not be anxious as to how or what you shall speak, for it shall be given to you in that hour what to say. 20 For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you.

21 "And a brother will deliver up his brother to death, and a father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and kill them. 22 And every one on account of my name will hate you. But whoever endures until the end shall have life*.

23 "And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another; for truly I say to you, You shall not have completed all the cities of the House of Yisrael, until the Son of Man shall come.

24 "There is no talmid that is greater than his rabbi; nor is a servant greater than his master. 25 It is sufficient for a talmid to become like his rabbi; and the servant, as his master. If they call the master of the house by the name 'Beelzebub', how much more the children of his family?

26 "Therefore do not have fear of them; for there is nothing that is covered, that shall not be revealed; nor that which is hidden, that shall not become known. 27 What I say to you in the dark, you shall speak in the light; and what you have heard with your ears, proclaim on the rooftops. 28 And do not have fear of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but have fear rather of Him who has the ability to destroy both the soul and the body in Gehinnom.

29 "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the earth without the knowledge* of your Father. 30 As for you, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Therefore do not be afraid: you are more important than many sparrows. 32 Therefore, whoever shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34 "Do not think that I have come to bring calmness on the earth; I have not come to bring calmness, rather a sword*. 35 For I have come to divide a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law. 36 And the enemies of a man will be from among his own household. 37 He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. He that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 He that does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul will lose it and he who loses his soul for my sake will find it.*

40 "He that accepts you accepts me; and he that accepts me, accepts him that sent me. 41 He that accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive the reward of a prophet. He that accepts a tzadik* in the name of a tzadik shall receive the reward of a righteous man. 42 Anyone who gives a drink to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water, in the name of a talmid, truly I say to you, that he will not lose his reward."