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He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.

Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.

As you enter into the household, greet it.

If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.”

ودَعا تَلاميذَه الِاثنَي عَشَر، فأَولاهُم سُلطانًا يَطرُدُونَ بِه الأَرواحَ النَّجِسَة ويَشْفونَ النَّاسَ مِن كُلِّ مَرَضٍ وعِلَّة

وهٰذِهِ أَسْماءُ الرُّسُلِ الِاثنَي عَشَر: أَوَّلُهم سِمعانُ الَّذي يُقالُ لَه بُطرُس، وأَندَراوسُ أَخوه، فيَعقُوبُ بْنُ زَبَدى ويوحنَّا أَخوه

ففِيلِبُّس وبَرتُلُماوُس، فتُوما ومَتَّى الجابي، فيَعقوبُ بْنُ حَلْفى وتَدَّاوُس

فسِمعانُ الغَيور ويهوذا الإِسْخَريُوطيّ ذاكَ الَّذي أَسلَمَه

هٰؤلاءِ الِاثنا عَشَر أَرسلَهُم يسوع وأَوْصاهم قال: «لا تَسلُكوا طَريقًا إِلى الوَثَنِيِّين ولا تَدخُلوا مَدينةً لِلسَّامِرِيِّين

بَلِ ٱذهَبوا إِلى الخِرافِ الضَّالَّةِ من بَيتِ إِسرائيل

وأَعلِنوا في الطَّريق أَنْ قَدِ ٱقتَرَبَ مَلَكوتُ السَّمَوات

إِشْفوا المَرْضى، وأَقيموا المَوتى، وأَبرِئوا البُرْص، وٱطرُدوا الشَّياطين. أَخَذتُم مَجَّانًا فَمَجَّانًا أَعطوا

لا تَقتَنوا نُقودًا مِن ذَهَبٍ ولا مِن فِضَّةٍ ولا مِن نُحاسٍ في زَنانيرِكم

ولا مِزوَدًا لِلطَّريق ولا قَميصَيْن ولا حِذاءً ولا عَصًا، لِأَنَّ العامِلَ يَستَحِقُّ طَعامَه

وأَيَّةَ مَدينةٍ أَو قَريةٍ دَخَلتُم، فَٱستَخبِروا عَمَّن فيها أَهْلٌ لِٱستِقْبالِكُم، وأَقيموا عِندَه إِلى أَن تَرحَلوا

وإِذا دَخَلتُمُ البَيتَ فَسَلِّموا علَيه

فإِن كانَ هٰذا البَيتُ أَهلًا، فَليحِلَّ سَلامُكم فيه، وإِن لم يَكُن أَهلًا، فَلْيَعُدْ سَلامُكم إِلَيكم

وإِن لم يَقبَلوكم ولم يَستَمِعوا إِلى كَلامِكم، فٱخرُجوا مِن ذاكَ البَيتِ أَو تِلكَ المَدينة، نافِضينَ الغُبارَ عن أَقدامِكم

الحَقَّ أَقولُ لَكم إِنَّ أَرضَ سَدومَ وعَمورة سَيكونُ مَصيرُها يَومَ الدَّينونةِ أَخفَّ وَطأَةً مِن مَصيرِ تِلكَ المَدينة

«هاءَنذا أُرسِلُكم كالخِرافِ بَينَ الذِّئاب: فكونوا كالحَيَّاتِ حاذِقين وكالحَمامِ ساذَجين

إِحذَروا النَّاس، فسَيُسلِمونَكم إِلى المَجالس، ويَجلِدونَكم في مَجامِعِهم

وتُساقونَ إِلى الحُكَّامِ والمُلوكِ مِن أَجلي، لِتَشهَدوا لَدَيهِم ولَدى الوَثَنِيِّين

فلا يُهِمَّكم حينَ يُسلِمونَكم كَيفَ تَتَكلَّمونَ أَو ماذا تقولون: فسَيُلْقَى إِليكُم في تلكَ السَّاعةِ ما تَتكلَّمونَ بِه

فلَستُم أَنتُمُ المُتَكَلِّمين، بل رُوحُ أَبيكم يَتَكلَّمُ بِلسانِكم

سَيُسلِمُ الأَخُ أَخاهُ إِلى الموت، والأَبُ ٱبنَه، ويَثورُ الأَبناءُ على والِدِيهم ويُميتونَهم

ويُبغِضُكم جَميعُ النَّاسِ مِن أَجلِ ٱسمي، والَّذي يَثبُتُ إِلى النِّهاية فذاكَ الَّذي يَخلُص

وإِذا طارَدوكم في مدينةٍ فٱهرُبوا إِلى غَيرِها. الحَقَّ أَقولُ لكم: لن تُنهُوا التَّجْوالَ في مُدُنِ إِسْرائيل حتَّى يأتيَ ٱبنُ الإِنسان

«ما مِن تِلميذٍ أَسمَى مِن مُعَلِّمِه، وما مِن خادِمٍ أَسمَى مِن سَيِّدِه

فَحَسْبُ التِّلميذِ أَن يَصيرَ كَمعلِّمِه والخادِمِ كَسيِّدِه، فإِذا لَقَّبوا ربَّ البَيتِ بِبَعلَ زَبول، فَما أَحْراهم بِأَن يَقولوا ذٰلك في أَهْلِ بَيتِه؟

«لا تَخافوهُم إِذًا! فَما مِن مَستُورٍ إِلَّا سَيُكشَف، ولا مِن مَكتومٍ إِلَّا سَيُعلَم

والَّذي أَقولُه لَكم في الظُّلُمات، قولوه في وَضَحِ النَّهار. والَّذي تَسمَعونَه يُهمَس في آذانِكم، نادوا بِه على السُّطوح

«لا تَخافوا الَّذينَ يَقتُلونَ الجَسد، ولا يَستَطيعونَ قَتلَ النَّفْس، بل خافوا الَّذي يَقدِرُ على أَنْ يُهلِكَ النَّفْسَ والجَسَدَ جَميعًا في جَهنَّم

أَما يُباعُ عُصفورانِ بِفَلْس؟ ومعَ ذٰلِك لا يَسقُطُ واحِدٌ مِنهُما إِلى الأَرضِ بِغَيرِ عِلمِ أَبيكم

أَمَّا أَنتُم، فشَعَرُ رُؤُوسِكم نَفسُه مَعدودٌ بِأَجمَعِه

لا تَخافوا، أَنتُم أَثمَنُ مِنَ العَصافيرِ جَميعًا

«مَن شَهِدَ لي أَمامَ النَّاس، أَشهَدُ لَه أَمامَ أَبي الَّذي في السَّمَوات

ومَن أَنْكَرَني أَمامَ النَّاس، أُنكِرُه أَمامَ أَبي الَّذي في السَّمَوات

«لا تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي جِئتُ لِأَحمِلَ السَّلامَ إِلى الأَرض، ما جِئتُ لِأَحمِلَ سَلامًا، بل سَيفًا

جِئْتُ لِأُفَرِّقَ بَينَ المَرءِ وأَبيه والبِنْتِ وأُمِّها، والكَنَّةِ وحَماتِها

فيكونُ أَعداءَ الإِنسانِ أَهلُ بَيتِه

«مَن كانَ أَبوه أَو أُمُّه أَحَبَّ إِلَيه مِنِّي، فلَيسَ أَهْلًا لي. ومَن كانَ ٱبنُه أَوِ ٱبنَتُه أَحَبَّ إِلَيه مِنِّي، فلَيسَ أَهْلًا لي

ومَن لم يَحمِلْ صَليبَه ويَتبَعْني، فلَيسَ أَهْلًا لي

مَن حَفِظَ حَياتَه يَفقِدُها، ومَن فَقَدَ حَياتَه في سبيلي يَحفَظُها

مَن قَبِلَكم قَبِلَني أَنا، ومَن قَبِلَني قَبِلَ الَّذي أَرسَلَني

مَن قَبِلَ نَبِيًّا لِأَنَّه نَبِيٌّ فَأَجرَ نَبِيٍّ يَنال، ومَن قَبِلَ صِدِّيقًا لِأَنَّه صِدِّيقٌ فَأَجرَ صِدِّيقٍ يَنال

ومَن سَقى أَحَدَ هٰؤلاءِ الصِّغارِ، وَلَو كَأسَ ماءٍ بارِدٍ لِأَنَّه تِلميذ، فالحقَّ أَقولُ لَكم إِنَّ أَجرَه لن يَضيع»