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These twelve Jesus sent out ,
charging them , "
Go nowhere among the Gentiles ,
and enter no town of the Samaritans ,
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but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel .
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And preach as you go ,
saying , `
The kingdom of heaven is at hand .'
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Heal the sick ,
raise the dead ,
cleanse lepers ,
cast out demons .
You received without paying ,
give without pay .
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Take no gold ,
nor silver ,
nor copper in your belts ,
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no bag for your journey ,
nor two tunics ,
nor sandals ,
nor a staff ;
for the laborer deserves his food .
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And whatever town or village you enter ,
find out who is worthy in it ,
and stay with him until you depart .
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As you enter the house ,
salute it .
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And if the house is worthy ,
let your peace come upon it ;
but if it is not worthy ,
let your peace return to you .
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And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words ,
shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town .
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Truly ,
I say to you ,
it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor '
rah than for that town .
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Behold ,
I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves ;
so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves .
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Beware of men ;
for they will deliver you up to councils ,
and flog you in their synagogues ,
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and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake ,
to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles .
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When they deliver you up ,
do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say ;
for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour ;
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for it is not you who speak ,
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you .
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Brother will deliver up brother to death ,
and the father his child ,
and children will rise against parents and have them put to death ;
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and you will be hated by all for my name '
s sake .
But he who endures to the end will be saved .
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When they persecute you in one town ,
flee to the next ;
for truly ,
I say to you ,
you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel ,
before the Son of man comes .
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A disciple is not above his teacher ,
nor a servant above his master ;
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it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher ,
and the servant like his master .
If they have called the master of the house Be-el '
zebul ,
how much more will they malign those of his household .
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So have no fear of them ;
for nothing is covered that will not be revealed ,
or hidden that will not be known .
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What I tell you in the dark ,
utter in the light ;
and what you hear whispered ,
proclaim upon the housetops .
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And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul ;
rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell .
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Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ?
And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father '
s will .
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But even the hairs of your head are all numbered .
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Fear not ,
therefore ;
you are of more value than many sparrows .
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So every one who acknowledges me before men ,
I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven ;
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but whoever denies me before men ,
I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven .
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Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth ;
I have not come to bring peace ,
but a sword .
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For I have come to set a man against his father ,
and a daughter against her mother ,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law ;
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and a man '
s foes will be those of his own household .
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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 ;
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and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me .
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He who finds his life will lose it ,
and he who loses his life for my sake will find it .
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He who receives you receives me ,
and he who receives me receives him who sent me .
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He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet '
s reward ,
and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man '
s reward .
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And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple ,
truly ,
I say to you ,
he shall not lose his reward ."