1 Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;
5 giving them their charge, teaches them;
16 comforts them against persecutions;
40 and promises a blessing to those that receive them.

called. 19:28 26:20,47 Mr 3:13,14 6:7 *etc: Lu 6:13 Joh 6:70 Re 12:1 21:12-14

he gave. 6:13 28:18,19 Mr 3:15 16:17,18 Lu 9:1 *etc: Lu 10:19 21:15 24:49 Joh 3:27,35 17:2 20:21-23 Ac 1:8 3:15,16 Ac 19:15

against. or, over.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

apostles. Lu 6:13 9:10 11:49 22:14 Ac 1:26 Eph 4:11 Heb 3:1 Re 18:20

Simon. 4:18 16:16-18 Mr 1:16,17 3:16 Lu 6:14 Joh 1:40-42 Ac 1:13 1Pe 1:1 2Pe 1:1

Andrew. Mr 1:29 3:18 13:3 Joh 6:8 12:22

James. 4:21 17:1 20:20 26:37 Mr 3:17 Lu 5:10 Joh 21:2 Ac 12:2 1Co 15:7

John. Lu 22:8 Joh 13:23 20:2 21:20,24 Ac 3:1 1Jo 1:3,4 2Jo 1:1 3Jo 1:1 Re 1:1,9 22:8

3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Philip. Mr 3:18 Lu 6:14 Joh 1:43-46 6:5-7 12:21,22 14:9

Thomas. Lu 6:15 Joh 11:16 20:24-29 21:2

Matthew. 9:9 Mr 2:14 Lu 5:27

Levi. Lu 6:15 Ac 1:13

James. 27:56 Mr 3:18 Lu 6:15,16 Ac 1:13 12:17 15:13 21:18 Ga 1:19 2:9 Jas 1:1

Lebbaeus. Mr 3:18 Lu 6:16

Judas the brother of James. Joh 14:22

Judas, not Iscariot. Ac 1:13 Jude 1:1

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Simon. Mr 3:18 Lu 6:15

Simon Zelotes. Ac 1:13

and. 26:14,47 27:3 Mr 3:19 14:10,43 Lu 6:16 22:3,47 Joh 6:71 Joh 13:2,26-30 18:2-5 Ac 1:16-20,25

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

sent. 22:3 Lu 9:2 10:1 Joh 20:21

Go. 4:15 Joh 7:35 Ac 10:45-48 11:1-18 22:21-23 Ro 15:8,9 1Th 2:16

of the Samaritans. 2Ki 17:24 *etc: Lu 9:52-54 Joh 4:5,9,20,22-24 Ac 1:8 8:1,5 *etc:

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

go. 15:24-26 Lu 24:47 Ac 3:26 13:46 18:6 26:20 28:25-28 Ro 11:11-15

lost. 18:11 Ps 119:176 Isa 53:6 Jer 50:6,17 Eze 34:6,8,16 Lu 15:3-10 1Pe 2:25

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

preach. 4:17 11:1 Isa 61:1 Joh 3:2 Mr 6:12 Lu 9:60 16:16 Ac 4:2

The. 3:2 11:11,12 21:31,43 23:13 Lu 9:2,6 10:9-11 Ac 10:25 28:31

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Heal. 1 Mr 16:18 Lu 10:9 Ac 4:9,10,30 5:12-15

freely ye. 2Ki 5:15,16,20-27 Ac 3:6 8:18-23 20:33-35

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Provide. or, Get. neither. Mr 6:8 Lu 9:3 10:4 22:35 1Co 9:7 *etc:

10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

scrip. 1Sa 9:7 17:40

two. Lu 3:11 2Ti 4:13

staves. Gr. a staff. for the. Lu 10:7 *etc: 1Co 9:4-14 Ga 6:6,7 1Ti 5:17,18

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

enquire. Ge 19:1-3 Jud 19:16-21 1Ki 17:9 *etc: Job 31:32 Lu 10:38-42 19:7 Ac 16:15 18:1-3 3Jo 1:7,8

and there. Mr 6:10 Lu 9:4 10:7,8

12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

salute it. Lu 10:5,6 Ac 10:36 2Co 5:20 3Jo 1:14

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Ps 35:13 Lu 10:6 2Co 2:16

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

whosoever. 40,41 18:5 Mr 6:11 9:37 Lu 9:5,48 10:10,11 Joh 13:20 1Th 4:8

shake. Ne 5:13 Ac 13:51 18:6 20:26,27

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

verily. 5:18 24:34,35

It. 11:22-24 Eze 16:48-56 Mr 6:11 Lu 10:11,12 Joh 15:22-24

in the. 12:36 2Pe 2:9 3:7 1Jo 4:17

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

as sheep. Lu 10:3 Ac 20:29

wise. Ge 3:1,13 Lu 21:15 Ro 16:19 1Co 14:20 2Co 11:3,14 Eph 5:15-17 Col 1:9 4:5

harmless. or, simple. Ro 16:18,19 2Co 1:12 8:20 11:3 Php 2:15 1Th 2:10 5:22

17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

beware. Mic 7:5 Mr 13:9,12 Ac 14:5,6 17:14 23:12-22 2Co 11:24-26 Php 3:2 2Ti 4:15

for. 24:9,10 Mr 13:9 Lu 12:11 21:12,13 Joh 16:2 Ac 4:6 *etc: Ac 5:26 *etc: Ac 23:1 *etc:

councils. 5:22 26:59 Joh 11:47

scourge. 20:19 23:34 De 25:2,3 Ac 5:40 22:19 26:11 2Co 11:24,25 Heb 11:36

18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

be. Ps 2:1-6 Ac 5:25-27 12:1-4 23:33,34 24:1-26:32 2Ti 4:16,17

for a. 8:4 Mr 13:9 2Ti 1:8 Re 1:9 6:9 11:7

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

when. Mr 13:11-13 Lu 12:11 21:14,15

take. 6:25,31,34 Php 4:6 Jas 1:5

it shall. Ex 4:12,15 Jer 1:7,9 Da 3:16-18 Ac 4:8-14 5:29-33 6:10 Ac 26:2 *etc: 2Ti 4:17

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

but. 2Sa 23:2 Mr 12:36 Lu 11:13 21:15 Ac 2:4 4:8 6:10 7:55,56 Ac 28:25 1Pe 1:12 2Pe 1:21

your. 6:32 Lu 12:30-32

21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

the brother shall. 34-36 24:10 Mic 7:5,6 Zec 13:3 Mr 13:12,13 Lu 12:51-53 21:16,17

the children. 2Sa 16:11 17:1-4 Job 19:19

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

shall be hated. 24:9 Isa 66:5,6 Lu 6:22 Joh 7:7 15:18,19 17:14 1Jo 3:13

for. 39 5:11 Joh 15:21 Ac 9:16 2Co 4:11 Re 2:3

but. 24:13 Da 12:12,13 Mr 13:13 Lu 8:15 Ro 2:7 Ga 6:9 Heb 3:14 Heb 6:11 Jas 1:12 Jude 1:20,21 Re 2:7,10,17,26 3:21

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

when. 2:13 4:12 12:14,15 Lu 4:29-31 Joh 7:1 10:39-42 11:53,54 Ac 8:1 9:24,25 13:50,51 14:6,7,19,20 17:10,14 20:1

have gone over. or, end, or, finish. till. 16:28 24:27,30,48 25:13 26:64 Mr 13:26 Lu 18:8 21:27

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

2Sa 11:11 Lu 6:40 Joh 13:16 15:20 Heb 12:2-4

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

If. 9:34 12:24 Mr 3:22 Lu 11:15 Joh 7:20 8:48,52 10:20

Beelzebub. or, Beelzebul.

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Fear. 28 Pr 28:1 29:25 Isa 41:10,14 43:1,2 51:7,8,12,13 Jer 1:8,17,18 Eze 2:6 Ac 4:13,19 1Pe 3:14

for. Mr 4:22 Lu 8:17 12:2,3 24:47 Ac 1:8 1Co 4:5

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

I tell. 13:1-17,34,35 Lu 8:10 Joh 16:1,13,25,29 2Co 3:12

that preach. Pr 1:20-23 8:1-5 Ac 5:20,28 17:17

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

And. 26 Isa 8:12,13 51:7,12 Da 3:10-18 Lu 12:4,5 Ac 20:23,24 Ac 21:13 Ro 8:35-39 2Ti 4:6-8 Heb 11:35 1Pe 3:14 Re 2:10

him. Ps 119:120 Ec 5:7 8:12,13 Isa 66:2 Jer 5:22 Heb 12:28,29

able. 25:46 Mr 9:43-48 Lu 16:22-26 Joh 5:29 2Th 1:8-10 Re 20:10-15

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

two. Lu 12:6,7

farthing. 'In value a halfpenny farthing, as being the tenth of the Roman penny. See ch. 18:28.'

and one. Ps 104:27-30

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

1Sa 14:45 2Sa 14:11 1Ki 1:52 Lu 12:7 21:18 Ac 27:34

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

6:26 12:11,12 Ps 8:5 Lu 12:24 1Co 9:9,10

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

confess me. Ps 119:46 Lu 12:8,9 Joh 9:22 Ro 10:9,10 1Ti 6:12,13 2Ti 1:8 1Jo 4:15 Re 2:13

him. 25:34 1Sa 2:30 Re 3:5

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

deny me. 26:70-75 Mr 14:30,72 Lu 9:26 12:9 2Ti 2:12 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 2:23

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

that I. Jer 15:10 Lu 12:49-53 Joh 7:40-52 Ac 13:45-50 14:2,4

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

21 24:10 Mic 7:5 Mr 13:12 Lu 21:16

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Ge 3:15 4:8-10 37:17-28 1Sa 17:28 2Sa 16:11 Job 19:13-19 Ps 41:9 55:13 Jer 12:6 20:10 Mic 7:6 Joh 13:8

37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

that loveth father. 22:37 De 33:9 Lu 14:26 Joh 5:23 21:15-17 2Co 5:14,15 Php 3:7-9

not. 22:8 Lu 20:35 21:36 2Th 1:5-7 Re 3:4

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

16:24 27:32 Mr 8:34 10:21 Lu 9:23,24 14:27 Joh 19:17

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

16:25,26 Mr 8:35,36 Lu 17:33 Joh 12:25 Php 1:20,21 2Ti 4:6-8 Re 2:10

40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

He that. 18:5 25:40,45 Lu 9:48 10:16 Joh 13:20 20:21 2Co 5:20 Ga 4:14 1Th 4:8

and he that. Joh 5:23 12:44-49 Php 2:10,11 1Jo 2:22,23 2Jo 1:9

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

that receiveth a prophet. Ge 20:7 1Ki 17:9-15,20-24 18:3,4 2Ki 4:8-10,16,17,32-37 Ac 16:15 Ro 16:1-4,23 2Ti 1:16-18 Heb 6:10 3Jo 1:5-8

a righteous man's. 6:1,4,6,18 16:27 25:34-40 Isa 3:10 Lu 14:13,14 1Co 9:17 2Th 1:6,7 2Jo 1:8

42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

one. 8:5,6 18:3-6,10,14 25:40 Zec 13:7 Mr 9:42 Lu 17:2 1Co 8:10-13

a cup. Mr 9:41 12:42,43 14:7,8 2Co 8:12

he shall. Pr 24:14 Lu 6:35 2Co 9:6-15 Php 4:15-19 Heb 6:10