X. And having called to [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power* over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out; and heal every disease, and every (bodily) weakness.

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Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who [was] called Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the [son] of Zebedee, and John, his bro3 ther; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James, the [son] of Alphæus; and Lebbæus, who 4 [was] surnamed Thaddeus; Simon, the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up.

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These twelve sent Jesus out when he had charged them, saying: Go not off into the way of the Gentiles, and into a city 6 of Samaritans enter ye not; but go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. But as ye go, preach, saying: The kingdom of the heavens has drawn

* Or‘authority.' εξουσια not δυναμις. More than authority, but not simply duvauis. More than duvauis, as it includes the right to exercise this. Hence 'power' is nearer to it in English. Suvaus is the ability to do a thing.

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nigh. Heal [the] infirm, cleanse lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously. Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass for your belts, nor scrip for the way, nor two vests, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is 11 worthy of his nourishment. But into whatever city or village ye enter, enquire who in it is worthy, and there 12 remain till you go forth. But when ye 13 go into a house, salute it. And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, 14 let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor shall hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the 15 dust of your feet. Verily, I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the

* Although oikos has the article, I apprehend it is the use of it already noted-that of contrast. 'Into the house,' in contrast without doors,' whatever house it may be. We have a few such cases in English, but marked by the absence of the article, and they are generic words-gone to sea, came to land--but we must say a house.

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land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

Behold I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye, therefore, prudent as serpents and guileless as doves. 17 But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you 18 in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the 19 nations. But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in 20 that hour what ye shall speak. For ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

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But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death; and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, he shall be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you: Ye will not have completed the

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cities of Israel until the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondsman above his 25 lord. It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondsman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household. 26 Fear not them, therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be 27 known. What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

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And be not afraid* of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but fear rather him who is able to destroy 29 both soul and body in hell.† Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and

*Here, and in the parallel passage, Luke xii. we have anо, from, perhaps, the Hebrew .7 But it is not so used elsewhere that I know in the New Testament. Here it may have the force of shrinking from through fear.'

† Gehenna..

The value of an Assarion is not exactly known. It was very small.

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the hairs of the head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; ye are better than many sparrows. Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, I also will confess him before my Father which is in 33 the heavens. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in the heavens.

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Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come 35 to send peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother36 in-law, and they of his household shall 37 be a man's enemies. He who loves father

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or mother above me is not worthy of me: and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow 39 after me is not worthy of me. He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it. 40 He that receives you receives me, and he