Bible Book - INDEX

MODERN LITERAL VERSION - 2026 Update

10:1         And he called his twelve disciples and gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-then they are able to cast them forth, and to heal every disease and every 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, the one who had been surnamed Thaddaeus;

10:4 Simon the Canaanite {Or: zealot. See Luk 6:15, Acts 1:13.} and Judas surnamed Iscariot {Luk 22:3.} , who also 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 travel^° rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

10:7 Now while you^° are traveling, preach^°, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.

10:8 Heal^° the sick; cleanse^° the lepers; cast^° forth demons; you^° received freely; give^° freely.

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 Now into whatever city or village you^° enter, probe^° out who is worthy in it, and abide^° there until you^° should go.

10:12 Now while entering 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 be returned to you^°.

10:14 And whoever should not accept you^°, nor should hear your^° words, while you^° are going forth from the house or the city, shake-off^° the dust from your^° feet.

10:15 Assuredly I am saying 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^°, stay away from men; for^* they will be giving you^° up to councils, and they will be scourging you^° in their synagogues;

10:18 and you^° will also be led in front of governors and kings because of me, ^*for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

10:19 But whenever they may give you^° up, do^° not be anxious how or what you^° should speak; for^* it will be given to you^° in that hour what you^° will be speaking.

10:20 For^* you^° are not the one speaking, but the Spirit of your^° Father who speaks in you^°.

10:21 Now brother will be giving up brother to death and the father, the child and children will be standing up against parents and will be slaying them.

10:22 And you^° will be hated by all people because of my name. But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved.

10:23 But whenever they may persecute you^° in this city, flee^° into another; for^* assuredly I am saying to you^°, You^° should never complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man should come.        

10:24 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a bondservant above 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 called the householder Beelzebub, how-much more the kinfolk!

10:26 Therefore, do^° not fear them; for^* nothing is being hidden, which will not be revealed, and nothing secret, which will not be known.

10:27 What I am speaking to you^° in the darkness, speak^° in the light, and what you^° hear in your^° ear, preach^° upon the housetops.

10:28 And do^° not have fear from the ones killing the body, but are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear^° the one who is able to destroy both the soul and the body in hell.

10:29 Are two sparrows not sold for a copper-coin? And not one out-of them will be falling upon the earth without your^° Father knowing it;

10:30 but even the hairs of your^° head are all being numbered.

10:31 Therefore, do^° not fear, because you^° are carrying more-value-than many sparrows.

10:32 Therefore, everyone who will confess to be in me before men, I will also confess to be in him before my Father, who is in the heavens.

10:33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also be denying him before my Father who is in the heavens.        

10:34 Do^° not suppose that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I came, not 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 be losing it, and he who has lost his life because of me will be finding it.        

10:40 He who accepts you^°, accepts me; and he who accepts me, accepts the one who sent me.

10:41 He who accepts a prophet in the name of a prophet, will be receiving a reward of a prophet, and he who accepts a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, will be receiving a righteous man’s reward.

10:42 And whoever delivers only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, assuredly I am saying to you^°, He should never lose his reward.