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Matteus 10

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1 Og han kalte sine tolv disipler til sig og gav dem makt over urene ånder, til å drive dem ut, og til å helbrede all sykdom og all skrøpelighet.

2 Men dette er de tolv apostlers navn: Først Simon, som kalles Peter, og Andreas, hans bror; Jakob, Sebedeus' sønn, og Johannes, hans bror;

3 Filip og Bartolomeus; Tomas og Matteus, tolderen; Jakob, Alfeus' sønn, og Lebbeus med tilnavnet Taddeus;

4 Simon Kananeus og Judas Iskariot, han som forrådte ham.

5 Disse tolv sendte Jesus ut og bød dem: Gå ikke ut på veien til hedningene, og gå ikke inn i nogen av samaritanenes byer,

6 men gå heller til de fortapte får av Israels hus!

7 Og når I går avsted, da forkynn dette budskap: Himlenes rike er kommet nær!

8 Helbred syke, opvekk døde, rens spedalske, driv ut onde ånder! For intet har I fått det, for intet skal I gi det.

9 I skal ikke ta gull eller sølv eller kobber med i eders belter,

10 ikke skreppe til reisen, ikke to kjortler, ikke sko, ikke stav; for arbeideren er sin føde verd.

11 Og hvor I kommer inn i en by eller landsby, der skal I spørre efter hvem som er det verd i den by; og bli hos ham til I drar bort derfra!

12 Og når I kommer inn i et hus, da skal I hilse det;

13 og dersom huset er det verd, da komme eders fred over det; men dersom det ikke er det verd, da vende eders fred tilbake til eder!

14 Og om nogen ikke tar imot eder og ikke hører på eders ord, da gå ut av det hus eller den by, og ryst støvet av eders føtter!

15 Sannelig sier jeg eder: Det skal gå Sodomas og Gomorras land tåleligere på dommens dag enn den by.

16 Se, jeg sender eder som får midt iblandt ulver; vær derfor kloke som slanger og enfoldige som duer!

17 Men vokt eder for menneskene! for de skal overgi eder til domstolene og hudstryke eder i sine synagoger;

18 og I skal føres frem for landshøvdinger og konger for min skyld, til vidnesbyrd for dem og for hedningene.

19 Men når de overgir eder, da vær ikke bekymret for hvorledes eller hvad I skal tale; for det skal gis eder i samme stund hvad I skal tale.

20 For det er ikke I som taler, men det er eders Faders Ånd som taler i eder.

21 Og bror skal overgi bror til døden, og en far sitt barn, og barn skal reise sig mot foreldre og volde deres død;

22 og I skal hates av alle for mitt navns skyld; men den som holder ut til enden, han skal bli frelst.

23 Men når de forfølger eder i den ene by, da fly til den andre! for sannelig sier jeg eder: I skal ikke komme til ende med Israels byer før Menneskesønnen kommer.

24 En disippel er ikke over sin mester, heller ikke en tjener over sin herre;

25 det er nok for disippelen at han blir som sin mester, og tjeneren som sin herre; har de kalt husbonden Be'elsebul, hvor meget mere da hans husfolk!

26 Frykt derfor ikke for dem! for intet er skjult som ikke skal bli åpenbaret, og intet er dulgt som ikke skal bli kjent;

27 det jeg sier eder i mørket, det skal I si i lyset, og det som hviskes eder i øret, det skal I forkynne takene.

28 Og frykt ikke for dem som slår legemet ihjel, men ikke kan slå sjelen ihjel; men frykt heller for ham som kan ødelegge både sjel og legeme i helvede!

29 Selges ikke to spurver for en øre? Og ikke en av dem faller til jorden uten at eders Fader vil.

30 Men endog hårene på eders hode er tellet alle sammen.

31 Frykt derfor ikke! I er mere enn mange spurver.

32 Derfor, hver den som kjennes ved mig for menneskene, ham skal også jeg kjennes ved for min Fader i himmelen;

33 men den som fornekter mig for menneskene, ham skal også jeg fornekte for min Fader i himmelen.

34 I må ikke tro at jeg er kommet for å sende fred jorden; jeg er ikke kommet for å sende fred, men sverd.

35 For jeg er kommet for å sette splid mellem en mann og hans far, og mellem en datter og hennes mor, og mellem en svigerdatter og hennes svigermor,

36 og en manns husfolk skal bli hans fiender.

37 Den som elsker far eller mor mere enn mig, er mig ikke verd, og den som elsker sønn eller datter mere enn mig, er mig ikke verd,

38 og den som ikke tar sitt kors og følger efter mig, er mig ikke verd.

39 Den som finner sitt liv, skal miste det, og den som mister sitt liv for min skyld, skal finne det.

40 Den som tar imot eder, tar imot mig, og den som tar imot mig, tar imot ham som sendte mig.

41 Den som tar imot en profet fordi han er en profet, skal få en profets lønn, og den som tar imot en rettferdig fordi han er rettferdig, skal få en rettferdigs lønn.

42 Og den som gir én av disse små endog bare et beger koldt vann å drikke fordi han er disippel, sannelig sier jeg eder: Han skal ingenlunde miste sin lønn.

   

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Heaven and Hell # 368

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368. The reason for this kind of union of husband and wife on the deepest levels of their minds goes back to creation itself. The male is born to focus on cognitive processes, and therefore bases his thinking on his intellect. In contrast, the woman is born to focus on intentions, and therefore bases her thinking on her volition. We can see this from the tendency or innate nature of each as well as from their form. As to innate nature, men do act on the basis of reason, while women act on the basis of their feelings. As to form, the man has a rougher and less attractive face, a deeper voice, and a stronger body, while the woman has a softer and more attractive face, a gentler voice, and a softer body. This is like the difference between intellect and volition or between thought and affection. It is also like the difference between what is true and what is good or between faith and love, since truth and faith are matters of intellect, while good and love are matters of volition.

This is why a boy or a man, in the spiritual sense of the Word, means the discernment of truth, while a girl or woman means an affection for what is good. It is also why the church is called a woman or a girl on the basis of its affection for what is good and true and why everyone who is absorbed in an affection for what is good is called a young woman, as in the Book of Revelation 14:4. 1

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1. [Swedenborg's footnote] Boys in the Word mean the understanding of what is true, or discernment: 7668; and men mean much the same: 158, 265, 749, 915, 1007, 2517, 3134, 3236, 4823, 9007. A woman means an affection for what is good and true: 568, 3160, 6014, 7337, 8994; and the church: 252-253, 749, 770; and so does a wife: 252-253, 409, 749, 770; with some difference: 915, 2517, 3236, 4510, 4822 [4823?]. In the highest sense, "husband and wife" describes the Lord and his union with heaven and the church: 7022. A young woman means an affection for what is good: 3067, 3110, 3179, 3189, 6731, 6742; and also the church: 2362, 3081, 3963, 4638, 6729, 6775, 6778 [6788?].

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4823

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4823. 'And she conceived again and bore a son' means evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'a son' as truth and also good, dealt with in 264, and so in the contrary sense as falsity and also evil, though evil that arises out of falsity. Essentially this kind of evil is falsity, because it has its origin in this. For anyone who does what is evil arising out of false teaching does what is false; but because this falsity is realized in action it is called evil. The meaning which the firstborn carries of falsity and consequent evil is evident from the statement made here regarding this [second] son, to the effect that in action he did what was evil. The actual words are 'he spilled his seed on the ground, so that he should not provide seed for his brother; and what he had done was evil in the eyes of Jehovah; and He caused him to die also', verses 9-10. The fact that this evil arose out of falsity is also evident at that point. What is more, in the ancient Churches the secondborn meant the truth of faith realized in action; therefore the second son here means falsity realized in action, which is evil. It may also be recognized that evil is meant by this son from the fact that the firstborn was named Er by his father or Judah, but this son, Onan, by his mother, the daughter of Shua, as may be seen in the original language. For 'man' in the Word means falsity and his wife (mulier) evil, see 915, 2517, 4510; and so also does 'the daughter of Shua' mean evil, 4818, 4819. Therefore because he was given his name by his father, 'Er' means falsity; and because Onan was given his name by his mother, evil is meant by him. Thus the first was so to speak the father's son, the second so to speak the mother's son.

[2] In the Word the expression 'man and wife' (vir et uxor) is used many times, as also is 'husband and wife' (maritus et uxor). When 'man and wife' is used, 'man' means truth and 'wife' good; or in the contrary sense 'men' means falsity and 'wife' evil. But when 'husband and wife' is used, 'husband' means good and 'wife' truth; or in the contrary sense 'husband' means evil and 'wife' falsity. The reason underlying this arcanum is this In the celestial Church good resided with the husband and the truth of that good with the wife; but in the spiritual Church truth resided with the man and the good of that truth with the wife: Such is and was the actual relationship between the two, for in human beings interior things have undergone this reversal. This is the reason why in the Word, when celestial good and celestial truth from this are the subject, they are called 'husband and wife', but when spiritual good and spiritual truth from this are dealt with, these are called 'man and wife', or rather 'man and woman' (vir et mulier). From this, as well as from the actual expressions used, one can come to know which kind of good and which kind of truth are being dealt with in the internal sense of the Word.

[3] Here also is the reason why it has been stated already in various places that marriages represent the joining of good to truth, and of truth to good. Furthermore conjugial love has its origin in these two joined together. Among celestial people conjugial love has its origin in good joined to truth, but among spiritual people in truth joined to good. Marriages also correspond in actual fact to these joinings together. From all this one may see what is implied by the father giving the first son his name, but the mother giving the second and also the third sons theirs, as is clear from the original language. The father named the first son because the first son meant falsity, while the mother named the second son because the second son meant evil.

  
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