¹ And to<sup>▵sup> Moses He said, Come·​·up to<sup>▵sup> Jehovah, thou<sup>◦sup> and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and bow· yourselves ·down afar·​·off.

² And Moses, he alone, shall approach Jehovah; and they shall not approach; and the people shall not go·​·up with him.

³ And Moses came and recounted^◦ to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has spoken we will do.

⁴ And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and got·​·up·​·early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁵ And he sent lads of the sons of Israel, and they offered·​·up burnt·​·offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace·​·offerings of bullocks to Jehovah.

⁶ And Moses took half of the blood, and put it into basins^◦; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁷ And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has spoken we will do and hear.

⁸ And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has cut with you upon all these^◦ words.

⁹ And there went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

¹⁰ And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet as what is made of the sapphire stone, and as the substance of the heavens as to cleanness.

¹¹ And to the sons of Israel who were set apart He sent not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

¹² And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me into the mountain, and be thou there; and I will give thee the tablets of stone, and the law, and the commandment, which I will write to teach them.

¹³ And Moses rose·​·up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went·​·up to^▵ the mountain of God.

¹⁴ And he said to^▵ the elders, Sit ye in this place for us, until we return to^▵ you; and behold Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever^◦ has words^*, let him approach them.

¹⁵ And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

¹⁶ And the glory of Jehovah abode^◦ on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

¹⁷ And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was as a devouring fire on^◦ the head of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ And Moses came into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain; and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

¹ He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

² Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

³ Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵ Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!'

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁹ Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶ "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²² You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

²⁴ "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁶ Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁸ Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

²⁹ "Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,

³⁰ but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹ Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³³ But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³⁴ "Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁶ A man's foes will be those of his own household.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.

³⁸ He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.

³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."