mnt - Matthew:10-11

mnt@Matthew:10:1 @ And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over evil spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and infirmity.

mnt@Matthew:10:2 @ These are the names of the apostles (missionaries). First, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; Jamesthe son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

mnt@Matthew:10:3 @ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew, the tax-gatherer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname is Thaddeus;

mnt@Matthew:10:4 @ Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

mnt@Matthew:10:5 @ These men, the Twelve, Jesus sent forth, after giving them the following instructions. "Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any Samaritan town,

mnt@Matthew:10:6 @ "but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

mnt@Matthew:10:7 @ "As you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

mnt@Matthew:10:8 @ "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

mnt@Matthew:10:9 @ "Take no gold or silver or coppers in your purses;

mnt@Matthew:10:10 @ "not even a bag for the journey, or a change of clothes, or sandals, or even a stick; for the worker is worth his rations.

mnt@Matthew:10:11 @ "Into whatever city or town you enter, inquire for some worthy person there, and stay with him until you leave.

mnt@Matthew:10:12 @ "When you enter the house, salute it;

mnt@Matthew:10:13 @ "and if the house is worthy let your blessing sit upon it; but if it be unworthy, let your blessing return to you.

mnt@Matthew:10:14 @ "And whoever will not receive you or listen to your words, as you go out from that house or that city, shake off the very dust from your feet.

mnt@Matthew:10:15 @ "I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

mnt@Matthew:10:16 @ "Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

mnt@Matthew:10:17 @ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

mnt@Matthew:10:18 @ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

mnt@Matthew:10:19 @ "But whenever they apprehend you, do not be anxious about how you shall speak or what you shall say; for it will be given you in that very hour what to say.

mnt@Matthew:10:20 @ "For it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

mnt@Matthew:10:21 @ "And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

mnt@Matthew:10:22 @ "You will be hated by all men because of my name; and he who endures to the end shall be saved.

mnt@Matthew:10:23 @ "But when they persecute you in one city, flee to the next. In solemn truth I tell you that you shall not have completed the cities of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

mnt@Matthew:10:24 @ "A pupil is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his masters.

mnt@Matthew:10:25 @ "It is enough for the pupil to fare like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more, the members of his household.

mnt@Matthew:10:26 @ "So do not fear them; for there is nothing concealed which shall not be revealed, nor anything secret which shall not become known.

mnt@Matthew:10:27 @ "What I am telling you is in the darkness, do you speak in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

mnt@Matthew:10:28 @ "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

mnt@Matthew:10:29 @ "Are not two sparrows sold for a half-penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your father.

mnt@Matthew:10:30 @ "The very hairs on your head are all numbered.

mnt@Matthew:10:31 @ "Cease to be afraid! You are of greater value than many sparrows.

mnt@Matthew:10:32 @ "Every one, then, who will confess me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.

mnt@Matthew:10:33 @ "But whoever disowns me before men, I also will disown before my Father who is in heaven.

mnt@Matthew:10:34 @ "Do not suppose that I am come to bring peace on the earth; I am come not to bring peace, but a sword.

mnt@Matthew:10:35 @ "For I came to set "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

mnt@Matthew:10:36 @ "and a mans own household will be his enemies.

mnt@Matthew:10:37 @ "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

mnt@Matthew:10:38 @ "and he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

mnt@Matthew:10:39 @ "He who has saved his life shall lose it; and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

mnt@Matthew:10:40 @ "Whoever receives you is receiving me, and he who receives me is receiving Him who sent me.

mnt@Matthew:10:41 @ "Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet, shall receive a prophets reward; and whoever receives a righteous man, shall receive a righteous mans reward.

mnt@Matthew:10:42 @ "And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

mnt@Matthew:11:1 @ After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.

mnt@Matthew:11:2 @ But when Johnheard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

mnt@Matthew:11:3 @ "Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

mnt@Matthew:11:4 @ "Go and tell John," was Jesus answer, "what you hear and see;

mnt@Matthew:11:5 @ "the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.

mnt@Matthew:11:6 @ "And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

mnt@Matthew:11:7 @ As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

mnt@Matthew:11:8 @ "What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings palaces!

mnt@Matthew:11:9 @ "But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;

mnt@Matthew:11:10 @ "for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

mnt@Matthew:11:11 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than Johnthe Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

mnt@Matthew:11:12 @ "From the days of Johnthe Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.

mnt@Matthew:11:13 @ "For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;

mnt@Matthew:11:14 @ "and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

mnt@Matthew:11:15 @ "Let all who have ears, listen!

mnt@Matthew:11:16 @ "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,

mnt@Matthew:11:17 @ "saying. We have piped to you and you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not beaten your breasts.

mnt@Matthew:11:18 @ "For Johncame neither eating nor drinking, and they said, He has a demon;

mnt@Matthew:11:19 @ and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners! Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."

mnt@Matthew:11:20 @ Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.

mnt@Matthew:11:21 @ "Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.

mnt@Matthew:11:22 @ "Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.

mnt@Matthew:11:23 @ "And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day.

mnt@Matthew:11:24 @ "I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."

mnt@Matthew:11:25 @ At that time Jesus answered and said. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

mnt@Matthew:11:26 @ "Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

mnt@Matthew:11:27 @ "Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

mnt@Matthew:11:28 @ "Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

mnt@Matthew:11:29 @ "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

mnt@Matthew:11:30 @ "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

mnt@Matthew:12:1 @ At that time Jesus walked through the wheatfields one Sabbath Day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck some ears of wheat and to eat them.