马太福音 10

耶稣拣选十二使徒

（可3．13－19；路6．12－16）

1 耶稣叫了十二个门徒来，给他们权柄，能驱赶污灵和医治各样的疾病。 2 这十二使徒的名字如下：头一个叫西门（又称彼得），还有他弟弟安得烈，西庇太的儿子雅各和雅各的弟弟约翰， 3 腓力和巴多罗买，多马和税吏马太，亚勒腓的儿子雅各，和达太， 4 激进党的西门，还有出卖耶稣的加略人犹大。

耶稣差遣十二使徒

（可6．7－13；路9．1－6）

5 耶稣差遣这十二个人出去，吩咐他们说：“外邦人的路，你们不要走；撒玛利亚人的城，你们不要进； 6 宁可往以色列家迷失的羊那里去。 7 要边走边传，说‘天国近了’。 8 要医治病人，使死人复活，使痲疯病人洁净，把鬼赶出去。你们白白地得来，也要白白地给人。 9 腰袋里不要带金银铜钱； 10 途中不要带行囊，不要带两件内衣，也不要带鞋子和手杖，因为工人得饮食是应当的。 11 你们无论进哪一城、哪一村，要打听那里谁是合适的人，就住在他家，直住到离开的时候。 12 进他家时，要向那家请安。 13 那家若配得平安，你们所求的平安就临到那家；若不配得，你们所求的平安仍归你们。 14 凡不接待你们，不听你们话的人，你们离开那家，或是那城的时候，要跺掉你们脚上的尘土。 15 我实在告诉你们，在审判的日子，所多玛和蛾摩拉地方所受的，比那城还容易受呢！”

将来的迫害

（可13．9－13；路21．12－19）

16 “看哪！我差你们出去，如同羊进入狼群，所以你们要机警如蛇，纯真如鸽。 17 你们要防备那些人，因为他们要把你们交给议会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们。 18 你们要为我的缘故被送到统治者和君王面前，对他们和外邦人作见证。 19 当人把你们交出时，不要担心怎样说话，或说什么话。到那时候，必赐给你们该说的话， 20 因为不是你们自己说的，而是你们父的灵在你们里面说的。 21 兄弟要把兄弟、父亲要把儿女置于死地；儿女要起来与父母为敌，害死他们。 22 而且你们要为我的名被众人憎恨。但坚忍到底的终必得救。 23 有人在这城迫害你们，就逃到另一城去。t我实在告诉你们，以色列的城镇，你们还没有走遍，人子就要来临。

24 “学生不高过老师，仆人不高过主人。 25 学生所遭遇的与老师一样，仆人所遭遇的与主人一样，也就够了。既然有人骂一家的主人是‘别西卜’t，更何况他的家人呢？”

不要惧怕

（路12．2－7）

26 “所以，不要怕他们，因为掩盖的事没有不显露出来的，隐藏的事也没有不被知道的。 27 我在暗中告诉你们的，你们要在明处说出来；你们耳中所听的，要在屋顶上宣扬出来。 28 那杀人身体但不能灭人灵魂的，不要怕他们；惟有那能在地狱里毁灭身体和灵魂的，才要怕他。 29 两只麻雀不是卖一铜钱t吗？你们的父若不许，一只也不会掉在地上。 30 就是你们的头发也都数过了。 31 所以，不要惧怕，你们比许多的麻雀还贵重！”

在人的面前认基督

（路12．8－9）

32 “所以，凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他； 33 凡在人面前不认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必不认他。”

作门徒的代价

（路12．51－53；14．26－27）

34 “你们不要以为我来是带给地上和平，我来并不是带来和平，而是刀剑。 35 因为我来是要叫 ‘人与父亲对立， 女儿与母亲对立， 媳妇与婆婆对立。

36 人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。’

37 爱父母胜过爱我的，不配作我的门徒；爱儿女胜过爱我的，不配作我的门徒。 38 不背自己的十字架跟从我的，不配作我的门徒。 39 得着性命的，要丧失性命；为我丧失性命的，要得着性命。”

论赏赐

（可9．41）

40 “接纳你们的就是接纳我；接纳我的就是接纳差遣我来的那位。 41 把先知当作先知接纳的，必得先知的赏赐；把义人当作义人接纳的，必得义人的赏赐。 42 无论谁，只因门徒的名，就算把一杯凉水给这些小子中的一个喝，我实在告诉你们，他一定会得到赏赐。”

MATTHEW 10

Jesus Chooses His //Twelve Apostles

(Mark 3.13-19; Luke 6.12-16)

1 Jesus called together his twelve disciples. He gave them the power to force out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and sickness. 2 The first of the twelve apostles was Simon, better known as Peter. His brother Andrew was an apostle, and so were James and John, the two sons of Zebedee. 3 Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, t James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus were also apostles.

4 The others were Simon, known as the Eager One, t and Judas Iscariot, t who later betrayed Jesus.

Instructions for //the Twelve Apostles

(Mark 6.7-13; Luke 9.1-6)

5 Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions:
Stay away from the Gentiles and don't go to any Samaritan town. 6 Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep. 7 t As you go, announce that the kingdom of heaven will soon be here.t 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead to life, heal people who have leprosy, t and force out demons. You received without paying, now give without being paid. 9 Don't take along any gold, silver, or copper coins.

10 t And don't carryt a traveling bag or an extra shirt or sandals or a walking stick.
Workers deserve their food. 11 So when you go to a town or a village, find someone able and willing to have you as their guest and stay with them until you leave. 12 When you go to a home, give it your blessing of peace. 13 If the home is deserving, let your blessing remain with them. But if the home doesn't accept you, take back your blessing of peace. 14 t If someone won't welcome you or listen to your message, leave their home or town. And shake the dust from your feet at them.t

15 t I promise you the day of judgment will be easier for the towns of Sodom and Gomorraht than for that town.

Warning about Trouble

(Mark 13.9-13; Luke 21.12-17)

16  t I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 t Watch out for people who will take you to court and have you beaten in their synagogues. 18 Because of me, you will be dragged before rulers and kings to tell them and the Gentiles about your faith. 19 But when someone arrests you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the words to say.

20 But you will not really be the one speaking. The Spirit from your Father will tell you what to say.
21  t Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed. 22 t Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.

23 When people mistreat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come.
24  t Students are not better than their teacher, and slaves are not better than their master.

25 t It is enough for students to be like their teacher and for slaves to be like their master. If people call the head of the family Satan, what will they say about the rest of the family?

The One To Fear

(Luke 12.2-7)

26  t Don't be afraid of anyone! Everything is hidden will be found out, and every secret will be known. 27 Whatever I say to you in the dark, you must tell in the light. And you must announce from the housetops whatever I have whispered to you. 28 t Don't be afraid of people. They can kill you, but they cannot harm your soul. Instead, you should fear God who can destroy both your body and your soul in hell. 29 Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground. 30 Even the hairs on your head are counted.

31 So don't be afraid! You are worth much more than many sparrows.

Telling Others about Christ

(Luke 12.8,9)

32 If you tell others you belong to me, I will tell my Father in heaven you are my followers.

33 t But if you reject me, I will tell my Father in heaven you don't belong to me.

Not Peace, but Trouble

(Luke 12.51-53; 14.26,27)

34 Don't think I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace. 35 t I came to turn sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.

36 Your worst enemies will be in your own family.
37  t If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples. 38 t And unless you are willing to take up your cross and follow me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

39 t If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.

Rewards

(Mark 9.41)

40  t Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me also welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Anyone who welcomes a prophet, just because that person is a prophet, will be given the same reward as a prophet. Anyone who welcomes a good person, just because that person is good, will be given the same reward as a good person. 42 And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.