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¹And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness.[ † ]Mark 3:13Luke 6:13

²These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;[ † ]John 1:42 ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.[ † ]Luke 6:15Acts 1:13Matthew 26:14Luke 22:3John 13:2-26

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.[ † ]Matthew 4:152 Kings 17:24Luke 9:52Luke 10:33Luke 17:16John 4:9 ⁶Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.[ † ]Matthew 15:24Acts 13:46Isaiah 53:6Jeremiah 50:6 ⁷As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’[ † ]Luke 9:2Matthew 3:2Luke 10:9 ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.[ † ]Acts 8:18

⁹Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.[ † ]1 Samuel 9:7Mark 6:8 ¹⁰Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.[ † ]Luke 10:71 Corinthians 9:4-141 Timothy 5:18

¹¹Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.[ † ]Luke 10:8 ¹²As you enter the home, greet its occupants. ¹³If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.[ † ]Luke 10:5Psalms 35:13 ¹⁴And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.[ † ]Mark 6:11Luke 9:5Nehemiah 5:13Luke 10:10-11Acts 13:51 ¹⁵Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.[ † ]Matthew 11:22-24

¹⁶Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.[ † ]Luke 10:32 Corinthians 12:16Ephesians 5:15Colossians 4:5Philippians 2:14-16 ¹⁷But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.[ † ]Matthew 23:34Mark 13:9Luke 12:11Acts 5:40Acts 22:19Acts 26:11 ¹⁸On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.[ † ]Acts 12:12 Timothy 4:16 ¹⁹But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.[ † ]Mark 13:11Luke 12:11-12Luke 21:14-15Exodus 4:12Jeremiah 1:7 ²⁰For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.[ † ]2 Samuel 23:22 Timothy 4:17

²¹Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.[ † ]Micah 7:6Luke 21:16 ²²You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.[ † ]Matthew 24:9Luke 21:17John 15:18Daniel 12:12Matthew 24:13Mark 13:13

²³When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.[ † ]Matthew 2:13Acts 8:1Matthew 24:14Mark 13:10Matthew 16:28

²⁴A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.[ † ]Luke 6:40John 15:20 ²⁵It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household![ † ]Mark 3:22Luke 11:15-18, 19John 8:48-52

²⁶So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.[ † ]Mark 4:22Luke 8:17Luke 12:2-31 Corinthians 4:5 ²⁷What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.[ † ]Luke 12:3Acts 5:20

²⁸Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.[ † ]Luke 12:41 Peter 3:14Isaiah 8:13Matthew 5:22Luke 12:5

²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.[ † ]Luke 12:6-7 ³⁰And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.[ † ]1 Samuel 14:452 Samuel 14:111 Kings 1:52Luke 21:18Acts 27:34 ³¹So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

³²Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.[ † ]Psalms 119:46Luke 12:8Romans 10:9Revelation 3:5 ³³But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.[ † ]Mark 8:38Luke 9:262 Timothy 2:12

³⁴Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.[ † ]Luke 12:49

³⁷Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;[ † ]Deuteronomy 33:9Luke 14:26 ³⁸and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.[ † ]Matthew 16:24Mark 8:34Luke 9:23Luke 14:27 ³⁹Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.[ † ]Matthew 16:25Mark 8:35Luke 9:24Luke 17:33John 12:25

⁴⁰He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.[ † ]Mark 9:37Luke 9:48John 12:44Galatians 4:14 ⁴¹Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.[ † ]1 Kings 17:102 Kings 4:8 ⁴²And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”[ † ]Matthew 25:40Mark 9:41Hebrews 6:10