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Matthew 10

Introduction

1	Christ sends out his twelve apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;
5	giving them their charge, teaches them;
16	comforts them against persecutions;
40	and promises a blessing to those that receive them.

Verse 1

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

called: 19:28, 26:20,47, Mark 3:13,14, 6:7-13, Luke 6:13, John 6:70, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 21:12-14
he gave: 6:13, 28:18,19, Mark 3:15, 16:17,18, Luke 9:1-6, 10:19, 21:15, 24:49, John 3:27,35, 17:2, 20:21-23, Acts 1:8, 3:15,16, 19:15
against: or, over.

Verses 1-16

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

called: 19:28, 26:20,47, Mark 3:13,14, 6:7-13, Luke 6:13, John 6:70, Revelation 12:1, Revelation 21:12-14
he gave: 6:13, 28:18,19, Mark 3:15, 16:17,18, Luke 9:1-6, 10:19, 21:15, 24:49, John 3:27,35, 17:2, 20:21-23, Acts 1:8, 3:15,16, 19:15
against: or, over.

Verse 2

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

apostles: Luke 6:13, 9:10, 11:49, 22:14, Acts 1:26, Ephesians 4:11, Hebrews 3:1, Revelation 18:20
Simon: 4:18, 16:16-18, Mark 1:16,17, 3:16, Luke 6:14, John 1:40-42, Acts 1:13, 1 Peter 1:1, 2 Peter 1:1
Andrew: Mark 1:29, 3:18, 13:3, John 6:8, 12:22
James: 4:21, 17:1, 20:20, 26:37, Mark 3:17, Luke 5:10, John 21:2, Acts 12:2, 1 Corinthians 15:7
John: Luke 22:8, John 13:23, 20:2, 21:20,24, Acts 3:1, 1 John 1:3,4, 2 John 1:1, 3 John 1:1, Revelation 1:1,9, 22:8

Verse 3

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Philip: Mark 3:18, Luke 6:14, John 1:43-46, 6:5-7, 12:21,22, 14:9
Thomas: Luke 6:15, John 11:16, 20:24-29, 21:2
Matthew: 9:9, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27
Levi: Luke 6:15, Acts 1:13
James: 27:56, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15,16, Acts 1:13, 12:17, 15:13, 21:18, Galatians 1:19, 2:9, James 1:1
Lebbaeus: Mark 3:18, Luke 6:16
Judas the brother of James: John 14:22
Judas, not Iscariot: Acts 1:13, Jude 1:1

Verse 4

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

Simon: Mark 3:18, Luke 6:15
Simon Zelotes: Acts 1:13
and: 26:14,47, 27:3, Mark 3:19, 14:10,43, Luke 6:16, 22:3,47, John 6:71, John 13:2,26-30, 18:2-5, Acts 1:16-20,25

Verse 5

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

sent: 22:3, Luke 9:2, 10:1, John 20:21
Go: 4:15, John 7:35, Acts 10:45-48, 11:1-18, 22:21-23, Romans 15:8,9, 1 Thessalonians 2:16
of the Samaritans: 2 Kings 17:24-41, Luke 9:52-54, John 4:5,9,20,22-24, Acts 1:8, 8:1,5-25

Verse 6

But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

go: 15:24-26, Luke 24:47, Acts 3:26, 13:46, 18:6, 26:20, 28:25-28, Romans 11:11-15
lost: 18:11, Psalms 119:176, Isaiah 53:6, Jeremiah 50:6,17, Ezekiel 34:6,8,16, Luke 15:3-10, 1 Peter 2:25

Verse 7

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

preach: 4:17, 11:1, Isaiah 61:1, John 3:2, Mark 6:12, Luke 9:60, 16:16, Acts 4:2
The: 3:2, 11:11,12, 21:31,43, 23:13, Luke 9:2,6, 10:9-11, Acts 10:25, 28:31

Verse 8

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

Heal: 1, Mark 16:18, Luke 10:9, Acts 4:9,10,30, 5:12-15
freely ye: 2 Kings 5:15,16,20-27, Acts 3:6, 8:18-23, 20:33-35

Verse 9

Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

Provide: or, Get. neither.; Mark 6:8, Luke 9:3, 10:4, 22:35, 1 Corinthians 9:7-27

Verse 10

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

scrip: 1 Samuel 9:7, 17:40
two: Luke 3:11, 2 Timothy 4:13
staves: Gr. a staff. for the.; Luke 10:7-12, 1 Corinthians 9:4-14, Galatians 6:6,7, 1 Timothy 5:17,18

Verse 11

And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

enquire: Genesis 19:1-3, Judges 19:16-21, 1 Kings 17:9-24, Job 31:32, Luke 10:38-42, Luke 19:7, Acts 16:15, 18:1-3, 3 John 1:7,8
and there: Mark 6:10, Luke 9:4, 10:7,8

Verse 12

And when ye come into an house, salute it.

salute it: Luke 10:5,6, Acts 10:36, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 3 John 1:14

Verse 13

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

Psalms 35:13, Luke 10:6, 2 Corinthians 2:16

Verse 14

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

whosoever: 40,41, 18:5, Mark 6:11, 9:37, Luke 9:5,48, 10:10,11, John 13:20, 1 Thessalonians 4:8
shake: Nehemiah 5:13, Acts 13:51, 18:6, 20:26,27

Verse 15

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

verily: 5:18, 24:34,35
It: 11:22-24, Ezekiel 16:48-56, Mark 6:11, Luke 10:11,12, John 15:22-24
in the: 12:36, 2 Peter 2:9, 3:7, 1 John 4:17

Verse 16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

as sheep: Luke 10:3, Acts 20:29
wise: Genesis 3:1,13, Luke 21:15, Romans 16:19, 1 Corinthians 14:20, 2 Corinthians 11:3,14, Ephesians 5:15-17, Colossians 1:9, 4:5
harmless: or, simple.; Romans 16:18,19, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 8:20, 11:3, Philippians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 5:22

Verse 17

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

beware: Micah 7:5, Mark 13:9,12, Acts 14:5,6, 17:14, 23:12-22, 2 Corinthians 11:24-26, Philippians 3:2, 2 Timothy 4:15
for: 24:9,10, Mark 13:9, Luke 12:11, 21:12,13, John 16:2, Acts 4:6-22, 5:26-42, Acts 23:1-11
councils: 5:22, 26:59, John 11:47
scourge: 20:19, 23:34, Deuteronomy 25:2,3, Acts 5:40, 22:19, 26:11, 2 Corinthians 11:24,25, Hebrews 11:36

Verse 18

And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

be: Psalms 2:1-6, Acts 5:25-27, 12:1-4, 23:33,34, 24:1-26, 2 Timothy 4:16,17
for a: 8:4, Mark 13:9, 2 Timothy 1:8, Revelation 1:9, 6:9, 11:7

Verse 19

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

when: Mark 13:11-13, Luke 12:11, 21:14,15
take: 6:25,31,34, Philippians 4:6, James 1:5
it shall: Exodus 4:12,15, Jeremiah 1:7,9, Daniel 3:16-18, Acts 4:8-14, 5:29-33, 6:10, Acts 26:2-11, 2 Timothy 4:17

Verse 20

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

but: 2 Samuel 23:2, Mark 12:36, Luke 11:13, 21:15, Acts 2:4, 4:8, 6:10, 7:55,56, Acts 28:25, 1 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 1:21
your: 6:32, Luke 12:30-32

Verse 21

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

the brother shall: 34-36, 24:10, Micah 7:5,6, Zechariah 13:3, Mark 13:12,13, Luke 12:51-53, Luke 21:16,17
the children: 2 Samuel 16:11, 17:1-4, Job 19:19

Verse 22

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

shall be hated: 24:9, Isaiah 66:5,6, Luke 6:22, John 7:7, 15:18,19, 17:14, 1 John 3:13
for: 39, 5:11, John 15:21, Acts 9:16, 2 Corinthians 4:11, Revelation 2:3
but: 24:13, Daniel 12:12,13, Mark 13:13, Luke 8:15, Romans 2:7, Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 6:11, James 1:12, Jude 1:20,21, Revelation 2:7,10,17,26, 3:21

Verse 23

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

when: 2:13, 4:12, 12:14,15, Luke 4:29-31, John 7:1, 10:39-42, 11:53,54, Acts 8:1, 9:24,25, 13:50,51, 14:6,7,19,20, 17:10,14, 20:1
have gone over: or, end, or, finish. till.; 16:28, 24:27,30,48, 25:13, 26:64, Mark 13:26, Luke 18:8, 21:27

Verse 24

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

2 Samuel 11:11, Luke 6:40, John 13:16, 15:20, Hebrews 12:2-4

Verse 25

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

If: 9:34, 12:24, Mark 3:22, Luke 11:15, John 7:20, 8:48,52, 10:20
Beelzebub: or, Beelzebul.

Verse 26

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

Fear: 28, Proverbs 28:1, 29:25, Isaiah 41:10,14, 43:1,2, 51:7,8,12,13, Jeremiah 1:8,17,18, Ezekiel 2:6, Acts 4:13,19, 1 Peter 3:14
for: Mark 4:22, Luke 8:17, 12:2,3, 24:47, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 4:5

Verse 27

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

I tell: 13:1-17,34,35, Luke 8:10, John 16:1,13,25,29, 2 Corinthians 3:12
that preach: Proverbs 1:20-23, 8:1-5, Acts 5:20,28, 17:17

Verse 28

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

And: 26, Isaiah 8:12,13, 51:7,12, Daniel 3:10-18, Luke 12:4,5, Acts 20:23,24, Acts 21:13, Romans 8:35-39, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, Hebrews 11:35, 1 Peter 3:14, Revelation 2:10
him: Psalms 119:120, Ecclesiastes 5:7, 8:12,13, Isaiah 66:2, Jeremiah 5:22, Hebrews 12:28,29
able: 25:46, Mark 9:43-48, Luke 16:22-26, John 5:29, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-10, Revelation 20:10-15

Verse 29

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

two: Luke 12:6,7
farthing: "In value a halfpenny farthing, as being the tenth of the Roman penny. See ch. 18:28."
and one: Psalms 104:27-30

Verse 30

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Samuel 14:11, 1 Kings 1:52, Luke 12:7, 21:18, Acts 27:34

Verse 31

Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

6:26, 12:11,12, Psalms 8:5, Luke 12:24, 1 Corinthians 9:9,10

Verse 32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

confess me: Psalms 119:46, Luke 12:8,9, John 9:22, Romans 10:9,10, 1 Timothy 6:12,13, 2 Timothy 1:8, 1 John 4:15, Revelation 2:13
him: 25:34, 1 Samuel 2:30, Revelation 3:5

Verse 33

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

deny me: 26:70-75, Mark 14:30,72, Luke 9:26, 12:9, 2 Timothy 2:12, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 John 2:23

Verse 34

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

that I: Jeremiah 15:10, Luke 12:49-53, John 7:40-52, Acts 13:45-50, 14:2,4

Verse 35

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

21, 24:10, Micah 7:5, Mark 13:12, Luke 21:16

Verse 36

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Genesis 3:15, 4:8-10, 37:17-28, 1 Samuel 17:28, 2 Samuel 16:11, Job 19:13-19, Psalms 41:9, 55:13, Jeremiah 12:6, 20:10, Micah 7:6, John 13:8

Verse 37

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

that loveth father: 22:37, Deuteronomy 33:9, Luke 14:26, John 5:23, 21:15-17, 2 Corinthians 5:14,15, Philippians 3:7-9
not: 22:8, Luke 20:35, 21:36, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-7, Revelation 3:4

Verse 38

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

16:24, 27:32, Mark 8:34, 10:21, Luke 9:23,24, 14:27, John 19:17

Verse 39

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

16:25,26, Mark 8:35,36, Luke 17:33, John 12:25, Philippians 1:20,21, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, Revelation 2:10

Verse 40

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

He that: 18:5, 25:40,45, Luke 9:48, 10:16, John 13:20, 20:21, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Galatians 4:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:8
and he that: John 5:23, 12:44-49, Philippians 2:10,11, 1 John 2:22,23, 2 John 1:9

Verse 41

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

that receiveth a prophet: Genesis 20:7, 1 Kings 17:9-15,20-24, 18:3,4, 2 Kings 4:8-10,16,17,32-37, Acts 16:15, Romans 16:1-4,23, 2 Timothy 1:16-18, Hebrews 6:10, 3 John 1:5-8
a righteous man's: 6:1,4,6,18, 16:27, 25:34-40, Isaiah 3:10, Luke 14:13,14, 1 Corinthians 9:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:6,7, 2 John 1:8

Verse 42

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

one: 8:5,6, 18:3-6,10,14, 25:40, Zechariah 13:7, Mark 9:42, Luke 17:2, 1 Corinthians 8:10-13
a cup: Mark 9:41, 12:42,43, 14:7,8, 2 Corinthians 8:12
he shall: Proverbs 24:14, Luke 6:35, 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, Philippians 4:15-19, Hebrews 6:10

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