Matthew

十二使徒

1耶稣叫了十二个门徒来，给他们权柄，能赶逐污鬼，并医治各样的病症。

2这十二使徒的名：头一个叫西门（又称彼得），还有他兄弟安得烈，西庇太的儿子雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰，

3腓力和巴多罗买，多马和税吏马太，亚勒腓的儿子雅各，和达太，

4奋锐党的西门，还有卖耶稣的加略人犹大。

十二使徒的使命

5耶稣差这十二个人去，吩咐他们说：「外邦人的路，你们不要走；撒马利亚人的城，你们不要进；

6宁可往以色列家迷失的羊那里去。

7随走随传，说『天国近了！』

8医治病人，叫死人复活，叫长大麻风的洁净，把鬼赶出去。你们白白地得来，也要白白地舍去。

9腰袋里不要带金银铜钱；

10行路不要带口袋；不要带两件褂子，也不要带鞋和拐杖。因为工人得饮食是应当的。

11你们无论进哪一城，哪一村，要打听那里谁是好人，就住在他家，直住到走的时候。

12进他家里去，要请他的安。

13那家若配得平安，你们所求的平安就必临到那家；若不配得，你们所求的平安仍归你们。

14凡不接待你们、不听你们话的人，你们离开那家，或是那城的时候，就把脚上的尘土跺下去。

15我实在告诉你们，当审判的日子，所多玛和蛾摩拉所受的，比那城还容易受呢！」

将来的逼迫

16「我差你们去，如同羊进入狼群；所以你们要灵巧像蛇，驯良像鸽子。

17你们要防备人；因为他们要把你们交给公会，也要在会堂里鞭打你们，

18并且你们要为我的缘故被送到诸侯君王面前，对他们和外邦人作见证。

19你们被交的时候，不要思虑怎样说话，或说什么话。到那时候，必赐给你们当说的话；

20因为不是你们自己说的，乃是你们父的灵在你们里头说的。

21弟兄要把弟兄，父亲要把儿子，送到死地；儿女要与父母为敌，害死他们；

22并且你们要为我的名被众人恨恶。惟有忍耐到底的必然得救。

23有人在这城里逼迫你们，就逃到那城里去。我实在告诉你们，以色列的城邑，你们还没有走遍，人子就到了。

24学生不能高过先生；仆人不能高过主人。

25学生和先生一样，仆人和主人一样，也就罢了。人既骂家主是别西卜，何况他的家人呢？」

该怕的是谁

26「所以，不要怕他们；因为掩盖的事没有不露出来的，隐藏的事没有不被人知道的。

27我在暗中告诉你们的，你们要在明处说出来；你们耳中所听的，要在房上宣扬出来。

28那杀身体、不能杀灵魂的，不要怕他们；惟有能把身体和灵魂都灭在地狱里的，正要怕他。

29两个麻雀不是卖一分银子吗？若是你们的父不许，一个也不能掉在地上；

30就是你们的头发也都被数过了。

31所以，不要惧怕，你们比许多麻雀还贵重！」

在人的面前承认基督

32「凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他；

33凡在人面前不认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必不认他。」

不是和平，而是刀剑

34「你们不要想我来是叫地上太平；我来并不是叫地上太平，乃是叫地上动刀兵。

35因为我来是叫人与父亲生疏， 女儿与母亲生疏， 媳妇与婆婆生疏。

36人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。

37「爱父母过于爱我的，不配作我的门徒；爱儿女过于爱我的，不配作我的门徒；

38不背着他的十字架跟从我的，也不配作我的门徒。

39得着生命的，将要失丧生命；为我失丧生命的，将要得着生命。」

论报赏

40「人接待你们就是接待我；接待我就是接待那差我来的。

41人因为先知的名接待先知，必得先知所得的赏赐；人因为义人的名接待义人，必得义人所得的赏赐。

42无论何人，因为门徒的名，只把一杯凉水给这小子里的一个喝，我实在告诉你们，这人不能不得赏赐。」

1And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.

2And the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,

3James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,

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

5These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

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

7And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.

9Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:

10Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

11And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.

12And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.

13And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.

15Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

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

18And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:

19But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.

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

21The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.

22And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

23And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.

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

25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

26Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.

27That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.

28And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

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

31Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.

32Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

33But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

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

36And as a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.

37He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

39He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

40He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

42And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.