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1 Jesús llamó a sus doce discípulos y les dio autoridad sobre los espíritus inmundos, para echarlos fuera, y para sanar toda enfermedad y toda dolencia.
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 Los nombres de los doce apóstoles son estos: primero Simón, llamado Pedro, y Andrés, su hermano; Jacobo, hijo de Zebedeo, y Juan, su hermano;
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 Felipe y Bartolomé; Tomás y Mateo, el cobrador de impuestos; Jacobo, hijo de Alfeo, y Tadeo;
3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;
4 Simón el Cananita, y Judas Iscariote, el que lo traicionó.
4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 A estos doce envió Jesús, dándoles estas instrucciones: No vayan por camino de gentiles, ni entren en ninguna ciudad de samaritanos.
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 Más bien, vayan a las ovejas perdidas de la casa de Israel.
6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 Vayan y prediquen diciendo: El reino de los cielos se ha acercado.
7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
8 Sanen enfermos, limpien leprosos, resuciten muertos y echen fuera demonios. De gracia recibieron; den de gracia.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
9 No lleven oro, ni plata, ni cobre en sus cintos;
9 Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts.
10 ni bolsa para el camino, ni dos túnicas, ni sandalias de repuesto, ni bastón; porque el obrero merece su alimento.
10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
11 En cualquier ciudad o aldea donde entren, busquen a alguien digno, y quédense allí hasta que salgan.
11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on.
12 Al entrar en la casa, salúdenla con paz.
12 As you enter into the household, greet it.
13 Si la casa es digna, que su paz venga sobre ella; pero si no es digna, que su paz vuelva a ustedes.
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 Si alguien no los recibe ni escucha sus palabras, al salir de esa casa o de esa ciudad, sacudan el polvo de sus pies.
14 Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
15 De cierto les digo que, en el día del juicio, será más tolerable para la tierra de Sodoma y Gomorra que para esa ciudad.
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 Miren, yo los envío como ovejas en medio de lobos. Por eso, sean sabios como serpientes e inocentes como palomas.
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
17 Cuídense de la gente, porque los entregarán a los tribunales y los azotarán en sus sinagogas.
17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
18 Por causa de mí, ustedes serán llevados ante gobernadores y reyes, para dar testimonio delante de ellos y de los gentiles.
18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
19 Pero cuando los entreguen, no se preocupen por cómo hablarán ni por lo que dirán, porque en esa hora les será dado lo que deben decir.
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 Porque no serán ustedes los que hablen, sino el Espíritu de su Padre hablando por medio de ustedes.
20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
21 El hermano entregará a la muerte a su hermano, y el padre a su hijo. Los hijos se levantarán contra sus padres y los harán morir.
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 Ustedes serán odiados por todos por causa de mi nombre; pero el que persevere hasta el fin será salvo.
22 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
23 Cuando los persigan en una ciudad, huyan a otra. De cierto les digo que no terminarán de recorrer las ciudades de Israel antes de que venga el Hijo del Hombre.
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 El discípulo no es más que su maestro, ni el siervo más que su señor.
24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
25 Al discípulo le basta ser como su maestro, y al siervo como su señor. Si al dueño de la casa lo llamaron Beelzebú, ¡cuánto más a los de su casa!
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 Por eso, no les tengan miedo. Porque no hay nada cubierto que no vaya a ser descubierto, ni nada escondido que no vaya a ser conocido.
26 Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
27 Lo que les digo en la oscuridad, díganlo en la luz; y lo que oyen al oído, anúncienlo desde las azoteas.
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 No teman a los que matan el cuerpo pero no pueden matar el alma. Más bien, teman a aquel que puede destruir el alma y el cuerpo en el infierno.
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 ¿No se venden dos pajaritos por una moneda pequeña? Sin embargo, ni uno de ellos cae a tierra sin que su Padre lo permita.
29 “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
30 Aun los cabellos de la cabeza de ustedes están todos contados.
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Así que no tengan miedo; ustedes valen más que muchos pajaritos.
31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32 A todo el que me reconozca delante de la gente, yo también lo reconoceré delante de mi Padre que está en los cielos.
32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33 Pero al que me niegue delante de la gente, yo también lo negaré delante de mi Padre que está en los cielos.
33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
34 No piensen que vine a traer paz a la tierra. No vine a traer paz, sino espada.
34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
35 Porque vine a poner al hombre contra su padre, a la hija contra su madre, y a la nuera contra su suegra.
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 Los enemigos del hombre serán los de su propia casa.
36 A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
37 El que ama a su padre o a su madre más que a mí, no es digno de mí; y el que ama a su hijo o a su hija más que a mí, no es digno de mí.
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 El que no toma su cruz y me sigue, no es digno de mí.
38 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.
39 El que encuentre su vida la perderá; y el que pierda su vida por causa de mí la encontrará.
39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
40 El que los recibe a ustedes, me recibe a mí; y el que me recibe a mí, recibe al que me envió.
40 “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
41 El que recibe a un profeta por ser profeta, recibirá recompensa de profeta; y el que recibe a un justo por ser justo, recibirá recompensa de justo.
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 Y cualquiera que dé a uno de estos pequeños aunque sea un vaso de agua fría por ser discípulo, de cierto les digo que no perderá su recompensa.
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.”

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  • Alphaeus

    Father of James (and of Levi)

    Named as father of James, one of the Twelve (Matthew 10:3), and as the father of Levi the tax collector (Mark 2:14); the text does not say whether these are two different men…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14; Mark 3:18

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  • Andrew

    Apostle, Peter's brother

    Simon Peter's brother, a disciple of John the Baptist who first followed Jesus and brought Peter to him, from Bethsaida, and one of the Twelve.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:18; John 1:40

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  • Bartholomew

    One of the Twelve

    Listed among the Twelve after Philip in Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18 and Luke 6:14; the Gospels say nothing more of him by that name.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14

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  • James

    Apostle, son of Alphaeus

    One of the Twelve, named son of Alphaeus in every list of the apostles.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15

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  • James

    Apostle, brother of John

    A fisherman called by Jesus together with his brother John, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17

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  • John

    Apostle, brother of James

    A fisherman called together with his brother James, one of the Twelve, to whom Jesus gave the name Boanerges, 'Sons of Thunder'.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 4:21; Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:17

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  • Judas Iscariot

    Apostle who betrayed Jesus

    One of the Twelve, son of Simon Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16

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  • Matthew

    Tax collector, apostle

    A tax collector sitting at the tax booth whom Jesus told 'Follow Me'; Matthew calls him Matthew, while Mark and Luke tell the same call and name him Levi, and Mark 2:14 calls Levi…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 9:9; Matthew 10:3; Mark 2:14

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  • Peter

    Apostle, brother of Andrew

    Simon, whom Jesus named Peter (Cephas), a fisherman from Bethsaida and the first listed of the Twelve, who confessed Jesus as Christ, denied him three times, and was told to feed…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:2; Matthew 16:17; Mark 3:16

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  • Philip

    Apostle from Bethsaida

    Found by Jesus and told 'Follow Me', from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter, who brought Nathanael to Jesus and is listed among the Twelve.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; John 1:43; John 1:44

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  • Simon the Zealot

    One of the Twelve

    One of the Twelve, called the Zealot, listed next to Judas Iscariot in each list.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:15

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  • Thaddaeus

    One of the Twelve

    Listed as Thaddaeus in Matthew 10:3 and Mark 3:18 (Lebbaeus in some KJV readings) and as Judas son of James in Luke 6:16 in the same place among the Twelve; John 14:22 names a…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:16

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  • Thomas

    Apostle called Didymus

    One of the Twelve, called Didymus, who said 'Let us also go, so that we may die with Him', was absent when Jesus first appeared, and was among those who fished with the disciples…

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 10:3; John 11:16; John 20:24

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Cross references (42)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Luke 9:1–6; Mark 3:13–15; Mark 6:7–13; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17–18
  2. 2 Acts 1:13; Matthew 4:21; John 6:8; Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:10
  3. 3 Acts 1:13; Mark 3:18; Matthew 9:9; John 1:43–46; Mark 2:14
  4. 4 Matthew 26:14; John 6:71; Mark 14:43; John 13:2; Matthew 26:47
  5. 5 John 4:9; Acts 22:21–23; 2 Kings 17:24–41; Romans 15:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 2:16
  6. 6 Jeremiah 50:6; Ezekiel 34:6; Isaiah 53:6; 1 Peter 2:25; Acts 13:46
  7. 7 Acts 28:31; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Luke 9:60; Luke 16:16
  8. 8 Acts 3:6; Luke 10:9; Acts 4:30; Matthew 10:1; Acts 20:33–35
  9. 9 Luke 22:35; Luke 9:3–5; Mark 6:8–11; Luke 10:4–12; 1 Corinthians 9:7–27
  10. 10 1 Timothy 5:17–18; Luke 10:7–12; 1 Corinthians 9:4–14; Galatians 6:6–7; Luke 3:11
  11. 11 Luke 10:7–8; Acts 18:1–3; 1 Kings 17:9–24; Job 31:32; Luke 10:38–42
  12. 12 Luke 10:5–6; 1 Samuel 25:6; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Acts 10:36; 3 John 14
  13. 13 Luke 10:6; Psalm 35:13; 2 Corinthians 2:16
  14. 14 Luke 10:10–11; Acts 18:6; Nehemiah 5:13; Acts 13:51; Mark 6:11
  15. 15 John 15:22–24; 2 Peter 2:6; Matthew 11:22–24; Luke 10:11–12; Ezekiel 16:48–56
  16. 16 Philippians 2:15; Luke 10:3; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Colossians 4:5; Ephesians 5:15–17
  17. 17 Mark 13:9; Matthew 23:34; Luke 12:11; Matthew 5:22; Acts 26:11
  18. 18 Acts 5:25–27; Psalm 2:1–6; Matthew 8:4; Acts 24:1–26; Mark 13:9
  19. 19 Exodus 4:12; Mark 13:11–13; 2 Timothy 4:17; Luke 12:11; Luke 21:12–17
  20. 20 Luke 21:15; Acts 6:10; 2 Samuel 23:2; Luke 12:12; 2 Peter 1:21
  21. 21 Luke 21:16–17; Micah 7:5–6; Mark 13:12–13; Matthew 24:10; Luke 12:51–53
  22. 22 Matthew 24:13; James 1:12; Revelation 2:10; Mark 13:13; Matthew 10:39
  23. 23 Matthew 16:28; John 11:53–54; Mark 13:26; Acts 17:10; Acts 8:1
  24. 24 John 15:20; Luke 6:40; John 13:16; Hebrews 12:2–4; 2 Samuel 11:11
  25. 25 Luke 11:15; Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; John 7:20; Mark 3:22
  26. 26 Luke 8:17; Mark 4:22; Jeremiah 1:8; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Isaiah 43:1–2
  27. 27 Acts 5:20; John 16:13; John 16:1; Proverbs 1:20–23; Luke 8:10
  28. 28 Luke 12:4–5; Isaiah 8:12–13; Revelation 2:10; James 4:12; Romans 8:35–39
  29. 29 Luke 12:6–7; Psalm 104:27–30
  30. 30 Luke 12:7; 1 Samuel 14:45; Acts 27:34; Luke 21:18; 2 Samuel 14:11
  31. 31 Luke 12:24; Psalm 8:5; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 12:11–12; 1 Corinthians 9:9–10
  32. 32 Revelation 3:5; Luke 12:8–9; Romans 10:9–10; 1 John 4:15; 2 Timothy 1:8
  33. 33 2 Timothy 2:12; Luke 9:26; Luke 12:9; 1 John 2:23; 2 Peter 2:1
  34. 34 Luke 12:49–53; Acts 14:4; Acts 13:45–50; Acts 14:2; John 7:40–52
  35. 35 Micah 7:5–6; Matthew 10:21; Luke 21:16; Matthew 24:10; Mark 13:12
  36. 36 Micah 7:6; Jeremiah 12:6; Psalm 41:9; Genesis 4:8–10; Job 19:13–19
  37. 37 Luke 14:26; Matthew 22:37; Philippians 3:7–9; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Deuteronomy 33:9
  38. 38 Luke 14:27; Mark 8:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:23–24; John 19:17
  39. 39 John 12:25; Mark 8:35–36; Luke 17:33; Matthew 16:25–26; Luke 9:24
  40. 40 John 13:20; Luke 9:48; Luke 10:16; Matthew 18:5; Matthew 25:40
  41. 41 3 John 5–8; Hebrews 6:10; 2 Kings 4:16–17; 2 Kings 4:8–10; Luke 14:13–14
  42. 42 Hebrews 6:10; Matthew 25:40; Mark 9:41–42; 2 Corinthians 9:6–15; Matthew 18:10

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary 10:16 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon XIV)

    When the Holy Gospel was read, Brethren, ye heard how our Lord Jesus Christ strengthened His Martyrs by His teaching, saying, "Behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves." Now consider, my Brethren, what he does.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Commentary 10:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXIII)

    Having made them feel confident about their necessary food, and opened unto them all men's houses, and having invested their entrance with an appearance to attract veneration, charging them not to come in as wanderers, and beggars, but as much more venerable than those who received them (for this He signifies by His saying, "the workman is worthy of his …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  3. Quotes verse 10:28 Justin Martyr, First Apology (Chapters XVII–XXI)

    … our Master Jesus Christ said, that "what is impossible with men is possible with God," and, "Fear not them that kill you, and after that can do no more; but fear Him who after death is able to cast both soul and body into hell." And hell is a place where those are to be punished who have lived wickedly, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  4. Quotes verse 10:26 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Preface)

    "For there is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be made known."

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 10:30 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book I, Chapters X–XIII)

    But Thou, by whom the very hairs of our heads are numbered, didst use for my good the error of all who pressed me to learn; and my own error in willing not to learn, didst Thou make use of for my punishment--of which I, being so small a boy and so great a sinner, was not unworthy.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)