¹ And calling·​·for His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast· them ·out, and to cure every disease and every malady.

² And^◦ the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called^▵ Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, also called Thaddaeus;

⁴ Simon the Kananite^*, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

⁵ These^◦ twelve Jesus sent·​·out, charging them, saying, Into the way of the nations go^▵ ye not, and into a city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

⁶ But^◦ go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ And^◦ as you go, preach, saying that the kingdom of the heavens is near.

⁸ Cure the·​·sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead^◦, cast·​·out demons; freely you have received, freely give.

⁹ Possess not^◦ gold, nor^◦ silver, nor^◦ bronze for^◦ your belts,

¹⁰ nor pack for a journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the worker is worthy of his food.

¹¹ And^◦ into whatever city or village you enter, search^◦ out who in it is worthy, and·​·there remain until you go out.

¹² And^◦ when you come into the house, greet it.

¹³ And if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but^◦ if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ And if· anyone^◦ shall ·not receive^◦ you, nor^◦ hear your words, when you go·​·out^▵ of that^▵ house or city, shake·​·off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵ Amen I say to·​·you, it shall 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; be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and simple^* as doves.

¹⁷ And^◦ beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues.

¹⁸ And you shall be led^◦ before governors and^◦ also kings on account of Me, for a witness to them and to the nations.

¹⁹ But^◦ when they shall deliver· you ·up, be· not^◦ ·anxious about how or what^◦ you shall speak, for^◦ it shall be given to you in that^▵ hour what^◦ you shall speak.

²⁰ For^◦ you are not they who speak, but the Spirit of your Father is what speaks in you.

²¹ And^◦ brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and put· them ·to·​·death.

²² And you shall be hated by all on account of My name; but^◦ he who endures to the end, he shall be saved.

²³ And^◦ when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for^◦ amen I say to you, You shall not^▵ have finished the cities^* of Israel until the Son of Man has come.

²⁴ The disciple is not above the teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple that^◦ he become as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the householder Beelzebub, how·​·much more^◦ them of his household?

²⁶ Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered, that shall not be uncovered, and secret, that shall not be known.

²⁷ What I say to you in the darkness, say ye in the light; and what you hear in^◦ the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

²⁸ And be not^◦ afraid of those who kill the body, but^◦ are· not^◦ ·able to kill the soul; but^◦ rather be afraid of Him^◦ who is·​·able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna^*.

²⁹ Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion^*? And not one of them shall fall upon the earth without your Father.

³⁰ And^◦ of you, even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

³¹ Fear not^◦ therefore; you are·​·of· more ·value than many sparrows.

³² Whoever therefore shall profess Me before men, I also will profess him before My Father who is in the heavens.

³³ But^◦ whoever shall deny Me before men, I also will deny him before My Father who is in the heavens.

³⁴ Suppose not that I am come to cast peace upon earth; I am not come to cast peace, but a sword.

³⁵ For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law^* against her mother-in-law.^*

³⁶ And the man’s enemies shall be they of his own house.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me, and he who loves son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me.

³⁸ And whoever does not take his cross, and follow after Me, is not worthy of Me.

³⁹ He who finds his soul shall lose it, and he who loses his soul for My sake shall find it.

⁴⁰ He who receives^◦ you, receives^◦ Me, and he who receives^◦ Me, receives^◦ Him who sent^◦ Me.

⁴¹ He who accepts a prophet in^◦ the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet; and he who accepts someone just in^◦ the name of someone just, shall receive the reward of someone just.

⁴² And whoever shall give· a cup of cold water to one of these little·​·ones ·to·​·drink in^◦ the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not^▵ lose his reward.

¹ After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn't walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

² Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.

³ His brothers therefore said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

⁴ For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world."

⁵ For even his brothers didn't believe in him.

⁶ Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

⁷ The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled."

⁹ Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.

¹⁰ But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.

¹¹ The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"

¹² There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."

¹³ Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴ But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

¹⁵ The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"

¹⁶ Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

¹⁷ If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

¹⁸ He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

¹⁹ Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

²⁰ The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

²¹ Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.

²² Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.

²³ If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?

²⁴ Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

²⁵ Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

²⁶ Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

²⁷ However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

²⁸ Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

²⁹ I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

³⁰ They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

³¹ But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"

³² The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

³³ Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

³⁴ You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."

³⁵ The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

³⁶ What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

³⁷ Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

³⁸ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."

³⁹ But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.

⁴⁰ Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."

⁴¹ Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴² Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

⁴³ So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

⁴⁴ Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

⁴⁵ The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"

⁴⁶ The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man!"

⁴⁷ The Pharisees therefore answered them, "You aren't also led astray, are you?

⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

⁴⁹ But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."

⁵⁰ Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

⁵¹ "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

⁵² They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."

⁵³ Everyone went to his own house,