Verse 1
And when he had called his twelue disciples vnto hym he gaue them power agaynst vncleane spirites, to cast them out, and to heale all maner of sicknesse, and all maner of disease.
Verse 2
The names of the twelue Apostles are these. The first, Simon, whiche is called Peter, and Andrewe his brother, Iames, the sonne of Zebedee, & Iohn his brother,
Verse 3
Philip, & Bartholomewe, Thomas and Matthewe, which had ben a Publicane, Iames, ye sonne of Alphee, & Lebbeus, whose surname was Taddeus,
Verse 4
Simon the Cananite, & Iudas Iscariot, which also betrayed hym.
Verse 5
Iesus sent foorth these twelue, who he comaunded, saying. Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the citie of the Samaritanes enter ye not.
Verse 6
But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.
Verse 7
As ye go, preache, saying: The kyngdome of heauen is at hande.
Verse 8
Heale the sicke, cleanse ye lepers, rayse the dead, cast out deuyls. Freely ye haue receaued, freely geue.
Verse 9
Possesse not golde, nor syluer, nor brasse in your purses,
Verse 10
Nor yet scrippe, towardes your iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor yet a staffe. For the workman is worthy of his meate.
Verse 11
But to whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shall come, inquire who is worthy in it, and there abyde, tyll ye go thence.
Verse 12
And when ye come into an house, salute the same.
Verse 13
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace returne to you again.
Verse 14
And whosoeuer shal not receaue you, nor wyll heare your preachyng: when ye depart out of that house, or that citie, shake of the dust of your feete.
Verse 15
Ueryly I say vnto you, it shalbe easier for the lande of the Sodomites and Gomorreans, in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.
Verse 16
Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.
Verse 17
But beware of men. For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels, and shal scourge you in their synagogues.
Verse 18
And ye shalbe brought to the head rulers, and kynges, for my sake, in witnesse to them, and to the Gentiles.
Verse 19
But whe they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal speake. For it shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall speake.
Verse 20
For it is not ye that speake, but ye spirite of your father, which speaketh in you.
Verse 21
The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death, and the father the sonne, & the chyldren shall ryse agaynst their fathers, and mothers, and shall put them to death.
Verse 22
And ye shalbe hated of all men, for my names sake: but he that endureth to the ende, shalbe saued.
Verse 23
But, when they persecute you in this citie, flee ye into another. For verily I say vnto you, ye shall not ende all the cities of Israel, tyll the sonne of man be come.
Verse 24
The disciple is not aboue the maister, nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde.
Verse 25
It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his maister is: and that the seruaunt, be as his lorde is. If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub: howe much more shall they call them of his householde so?
Verse 26
Feare them not therfore. For there is nothing close, that shal not be opened: & nothing hyd, that shall not be knowen.
Verse 27
What I tell you in darknesse, that speake ye in lyght: And what ye heare in the eare, that preach ye on the houses.
Verse 28
And feare ye not them, which kyll the body, but are not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hym, which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell.
Verse 29
Are not two litle sparowes solde for a farthyng? And one of the shall not light on the grounde, without your father.
Verse 30
Yea, euen all the heeres of your head are numbred.
Verse 31
Feare ye not therefore, ye are of more value then many sparowes.
Verse 32
Euery one therfore, that shall confesse me before men, hym wyll I confesse also, before my father, which is in heaues.
Verse 33
But whosoeuer shall denye me before men, hym wyll I also denye, before my father, which is in heauens.
Verse 34
Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth. I came not to sende peace, but a sworde.
Verse 35
For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father, & the daughter agaynst her mother, and the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe.
Verse 36
And a mans foes shalbe they of his owne householde.
Verse 37
He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me.
Verse 38
And he that taketh not his crosse, & foloweth me, is not worthy of me.
Verse 39
He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his lyfe, for my sake, shall fynde it.
Verse 40
He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me.
Verse 41
He that receaueth a prophete, in the name of a prophete, shall receaue a prophetes rewarde. And he that receaueth a ryghteous man, in the name of a ryghteous man, shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde.
Verse 42
And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones, to drynke, a cuppe of colde water only, in the name of a disciple, veryly I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.