1And after he had called his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits so that they might expel them and heal every illness and every sickness.2The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him.5These twelve Jesus sent out after he had ordered them, saying: Do not go away on a road of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.6Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.7As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of the heavens has come near.'8Heal the weak, raise the dead, cleanse the leprous, expel demons; you received freely, give freely.9Do not acquire gold, nor silver, nor copper for your belts.10Do not take a bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a rod; for the worker is worthy of his food.11Into whatever city or village you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go out.12When you enter a home, greet it.13If the home is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.14Whoever does not receive you or hear your words, when you go out of that home or city, shake the dust from your feet.15Truly I say to you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.16Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.17Beware of men, for they will deliver you to councils and will scourge you in their synagogues.18You will also be brought before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.19When they deliver you, do not be anxious about how or what you will speak, for it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak.20For you are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.21Brother will deliver brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and put them to death.22You will be hated by all because of my name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.23When they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord.25It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his lord; if they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household.26Therefore do not fear them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be known.27What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.31Therefore do not fear; you are of more value than many sparrows.32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I also will confess before my Father who is in heaven.33But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.34Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.35For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law.36And a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.37The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.40The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives him who sent me.41The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.42And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.