Matthew 10:9-20

9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—

10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.

12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting.

13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.

14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.

18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,

20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 22:35
• 2. S 1 Timothy 5:18
• 3. 1 Samuel 25:6
• 4. Nehemiah 5:13; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; Acts 18:6
• 5. Genesis 18:20; Genesis 19:24; 2 Peter 2:6; Jude 7
• 6. Matthew 12:36; Acts 17:31; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7; 1 John 4:17; Jude 6
• 7. Matthew 11:22,24
• 8. Luke 10:3; Acts 20:29
• 9. S 1 Corinthians 14:20; Romans 16:19
• 10. S Matthew 5:22
• 11. Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Acts 5:40; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11
• 12. Acts 25:24-26
• 13. Exodus 4:12
• 14. Luke 12:11,12; Acts 4:8