Mat 10:5-15, Mar 6:7-13 | ISV | STEP | Jesus Sends Out the Twelve These were the twelve whom Jesus sent out, charging them with the words, “Don't turn off into the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don't enter a town of the Samaritans.

Matthew 10:5-15

5 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Mark 6:7-13; Luke 9:1-6These were the twelve whom Jesus sent out, charging them with the words, “Don't turn off into the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don't enter a town of the Samaritans.2Kings 17:24; Matt 4:15; John 4:9, 20 6 Go, instead, to the lost sheep of the nation ^{▼▼Lit. house} of Israel.Isa 53:6; Jer 50:6, 17; Ezek 34:5-6, 16; Matt 15:24; Acts 13:46; 1Pet 2:25 7 As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’Matt 3:2; 4:17; Luke 9:2; 10:9 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give.Acts 8:18, 20 9 Don't take any gold, silver, or copper in your moneybags,1Sam 9:7; Mark 6:8; Luke 9:3; 10:4; 22:35 10 or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, ^{▼▼Lit. two shirts} or sandals, or a walking stick. For a worker deserves his food.Luke 10:7; 1Cor 9:7; 1Tim 5:18

11 “Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you leave.Luke 10:8 12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 If the house is receptive, ^{▼▼Lit. worthy} let your blessing of peace come on it. But if it isn't receptive, ^{▼▼Lit. worthy} let your blessing of peace return to you.Ps 35:13; Luke 10:5 14 If no one welcomes you or listens to your words, as you leave that house or town, shake its dust off your feet.Neh 5:13; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; 10:10-11; Acts 13:51; 18:6 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!”Matt 11:22, 24

Coming Persecutions Mark 13:9-13; Luke 21:12-17

Mark 6:7-13

7 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Matthew 10:1, 5-15; Luke 9:1-6He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.Matt 10:1; Mark 3:13-14; Luke 9:1 8 He instructed them to take nothing along on the trip except a walking stick—no bread, no traveling bag, nothing in their moneybag. 9 They could wear sandals but not take along an extra shirt. ^{▼▼Lit. two shirts}Acts 12:8 10 He told them repeatedly, “Whenever you go into a home, stay there until you leave that place.Matt 10:11; Luke 9:4; 10:7-8 11 If any place will not welcome you and the people ^{▼▼Lit. they} refuse to listen to you, when you leave, shake its dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”Matt 10:14; Luke 10:10; Acts 13:51; 18:6

12 So they went and preached that people ^{▼▼Lit. they} should repent. 13 They also kept driving out many demons and pouring oil on many who were sick and healing them.James 5:14