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* He called his twelve disciples . He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness . * The following are the names of the twelve apostles : first , Simon , who is called Peter , and Andrew his brother ; James the son of Zebedee , and John his brother ; * Philip and Bartholomew ; Thomas , and Matthew the tax collector ; James the son of Alphaeus , and Thaddaeus ; * Simon the Cananaean , and Judas Iscariot , who later betrayed him . * Jesus sent the twelve . He gave them orders not to go to the people of the nations and not to go to the Samaritans . * He said : »Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel . * »Preach as you go ! Announce the kingdom of heaven , for it is near . * »Heal the sick , raise the dead , cleanse the lepers , and cast out demons . You received without paying , now give without being paid . * »Do not take gold , silver , or copper money in your money belt . * »Take no extra clothes , not even two coats , no extra shoes or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food . * »Go into a city or village and search for the worthy ones . Stay with them until you are ready to leave . * »When you enter the house , offer a blessing of peace . * »If the people are worthy , let your blessing stand . If they are not worthy , let your peace return to you . * »If someone will not welcome you and listen to the message , leave that house or town , shake the dust off your feet and move on . * »I tell you , it will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment , than for that town . * »I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves . Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves . * »Beware of men ! They will take you to court ! They will have you beaten in their meeting places . * »You will be taken before governors and kings for my sake . This will serve as a testimony to them and to the people of the nations . * »When they hand you over , do not worry about what to say and how to say it . You will be given the words to speak at that time . * »You will not speak on your own . Your Father ’s Spirit will speak through you . * »People will hand over their brothers to be put to death . Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents , causing them to be put to death . * »Men will hate you because of me . He who endures to the end will be saved . * »When they persecute you in this city , flee to the next . I tell you ; before you have gone through all the cities of Israel the Son of man will come . * »A disciple is not greater than his teacher , nor a servant his master . * »It is enough for the disciple that he is like his teacher , and the servant like his master . If they called the master of the house Beelzebub , others of the household could also be called the same ! * »Do not be afraid . Nothing will be hidden . Every secret will be made known . * »The things I tell you in darkness , speak in the light . Proclaim everything you hear from on top of the house . * »Do not fear those who kill the body . They are not able to take away your life . Instead , fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires . * »Do two sparrows sell for a penny ? Not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father knowing . * »Even the hairs of your head are all numbered . * »Do not fear ! You are more valuable than many sparrows . * »I will tell my heavenly Father about everyone who confesses me before men . * »I will deny , before my heavenly Father , anyone who denies me before men . * »Do not think I came to bring peace on the earth . I came not to bring peace , but a sword . * »My coming will cause a separation . A man will be against his father and a daughter against her mother , and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law . * »A man ’s enemies will be from his own family . * »He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me . He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me . * »Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me . * »Whoever finds his life will lose it . Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it . * »He who receives you receives me , and he who receives me receives him who sent me . * »Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet ’s reward . Anyone who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man ’s reward . * »And whoever gives a drink of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple , truly , I say to you , he will not lose his reward .«

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