MODERN LITERAL VERSION

10:1 And having called his twelve disciples, he gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-that they are able to cast them out and to heal all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.

10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first is Simon, who is called Peter and Andrew his brother; James and John his brother, the sons of Zebedee;
10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus;
10:4 Simon the {F} Canaanite and Judas the Iscariot, who gave him up to the Jews.

10:5 Jesus sent forth these twelve apostles and commanded them, saying, Do not go into any road of the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans;
10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
10:7 And go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven has drawn near.
10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons; freely you* received, freely you* give.
10:9 Do not procure gold, nor silver, nor brass coins *for your* money belts;
10:10 no knapsack *for your * journey, neither two tunics nor shoes nor staffs; for* the worker is worthy of his nourishment.
10:11 And into whatever city or village you* enter, probe out who is worthy in it, and abide there until you* should go.
10:12 And as you* enter into the house, greet it.
10:13 And if indeed the house is worthy, let your* peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your* peace return to you*.
10:14 And whoever does not accept you*, nor hears your* words, when you* go forth from that house or that city, shake-off the dust from your* feet.
10:15 Assuredly I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

10:16 Behold, I am sending you* forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore, become prudent like serpents and harmless like doves.
10:17 But take-heed of men; for* they will give you* up to councils, and they will scourge you* in their synagogues;
10:18 and you* will also be led before governors and kings because of me, *for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
10:19 But whenever they give you* up, do not be anxious how or what you* might speak; for* it will be given to you* in that hour what you* will speak.
10:20 For* it is not you* who speaks, but the Spirit of your* Father who speaks in you*.
10:21 And brother will give up brother to death and the father his child and children will stand up against parents and will put them to death.
10:22 And you* will be hated by all men because of my name. But he who endures to the end, this one will be saved.
10:23 But whenever they persecute you* in this city, escape into another; for* assuredly I say to you*, You* may never* finish the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.

10:24 A disciple is not over his teacher, nor a bondservant over his lord.
10:25 It is enough for the disciple that* he should become like his teacher and the bondservant like his lord. If they have called the householder Beelzebub, how much more the kinfolk!
10:26 Therefore do not fear them; for* there is nothing hidden, which will not be revealed, and nothing secret, which will not be known.
10:27 What I tell you* in the darkness, speak in the light, and what you* hear in your * ear, preach upon the housetops.
10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
10:29 Are two sparrows not sold for a copper coin? And not one out of them will fall to the earth without your* Father knowing it;
10:30 but even the hairs of your* head are all numbered.
10:31 Therefore do not fear, because you* carry more-value than many sparrows.
10:32 Therefore, every one who will confess in me in front of men, I will also confess to be in him in front of my Father, who is in the heavens.
10:33 But whoever denies me in front of men, I will also deny him in front of my Father who is in heaven.

10:34 Do not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.
10:35 For* I came to pit man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
10:36 and, ‘A man's enemies will be his own kinfolk.' {Mic 7:6}
10:37 He who loves his father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves his son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
10:38 And he who is not taking up his cross and following after me, is not worthy of me.
10:39 He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life because of me, will find it.

10:40 He who accepts you*, accepts me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.
10:41 He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will receive a righteous man's reward.
10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I say to you*, He may never* lose his reward.
{Footnotes: Mt 10:4- Or: zealot. See Lk. 6:15, Acts 1:13.}