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[1] And he called his twelve disciples, and gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and infirmity.
[2] Now, of the twelve apostles the names are these: the first of them, Shemun who is called Kipha, and Andreas his brother, and Jakubbar-Zabdai, and Juchanon his brother,
[3] And Philipos, and Bar-Tholmai, and Thoma, and Mathai the tribute-gatherer, and Jakubbar-Chalphai, and Labi who was surnamed Thadai,
[4] And Shemun the zealous,ⓘ and Jihuda S'carjuta, he who betrayed him.
[5] These twelve Jeshu sent, and commanded them and said, In the way of the heathens go not, and into the city of the Shomroyee do not enter;
[6] But go rather unto the sheep which have perished from the house of Isroel.
[7] And as you go, proclaim and say that the kingdom of heaven hath drawn near.
[8] The diseased heal, the lepers cleanse, the dead raise, and the demons cast forth. Freely you have received, freely give.
[9] Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
[10] Nor a wallet for the road; neither two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff: for worthy is the workman of his meat.
[11] And into whatsoever city or town you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and there be till you depart.
[12] And when you enter into the house, invoke peace for the house;
[13] And if the house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace upon yourselves shall revert.
[14] But whosoever doth not receive you or hear your words, when you depart from that house, or that town, set free the dust from your feet.
[15] And, Amen, I say unto you, that for the land of Sadum and of Amura it will be more tolerable, in the day of the judgment, than for that city.
[16] LO, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: be you, therefore, wise as serpents and guileless as doves.
[17] But beware of the sons of men; for, delivering you to the house of judgments, in their synagogues they will scourge you,
[18] And before governors and kings bring you, on my account, for the testimony concerning them and the gentiles.
[19] But when they deliver you up, be not solicitous how or what you shall speak; for it is given you in that hour what you shall speak.
[20] For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
[21] But the brother shall deliver his brother unto death, and the father his son; and the sons shall rise up against their fathers, and shall slay them.
[22] And you shall be abhorred by all men on account of my name: but he who shall persevere until the end, he shall be saved.ⓘ
[23] When they persecute you in this city, escape to the other; for, Amen I say unto you, that you shall not have completed all the cities of the house of Isroel, till the Son of man shall come.
[24] The disciple is not greater than his master, nor the servant than his lord.
[25] It sufficeth the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If the master of the house they have called Beelzebub, how much more his house-sons!
[26] You shall not fear, therefore, from them; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, nor secret which shall not be known.
[27] Whatsoever I say to you in darkness, declare you in the light; and whatsoever you have heard in your ears, proclaim upon the [house-]roofs.
[28] And fear not them who kill the body, but the soul cannot kill; but fear rather One who the soul and the body can destroy in gihano.
[29] Are not two sparrows sold for an asor?ⓘ yet one of them, without your Father, doth not fall upon the earth.
[30] But of you, also, the hairs of your head are all numbered.
[31] Fear not, therefore; than many sparrows more precious are you.
[32] Every man, therefore, who shall confess me before the sons of men, I myself will confess him also before my Father who is in heaven.
[33] But whosoever shall deny me before the sons of men, I also will deny him, I, before my Father who is in heaven.
[34] EXPECT not that I have come to send forth peace on the earth; I have not come to send forth peace, but the sword.
[35] For I have come to cause a man to separate fromⓘ his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law;
[36] And the adversaries of a man [to be] his own house-sons.
[37] Whosoever loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy [of] me; and whosoever loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy [of] me.
[38] And every one who taketh not his cross and cometh after me, is not worthy of me.
[39] Whosoever will find his life shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
[40] Whosoever receiveth you, receiveth me; and whosoever receiveth me, Him who sent me he receiveth.
[41] Whosoever entertaineth a prophet in the name of a prophet, the reward of a prophet receiveth. Whosoever entertaineth a just man in the name of a just man, the reward of the just man he receiveth.
[42] And whosoever only giveth one of these little ones a cup of cold [waters] to drink in the name of a disciple, Amen, I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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