1   And ^{note note} hee called his twelue disciples vnto him, and gaue them power against vncleane spirits, to cast them out, and to heale euery sickenesse, and euery disease.

2   Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these. The ^note first is Simon, called Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames the sonne of Zebedeus, and Iohn his brother.

Assurance of Gods helpe.

3   Philippe and Bartlemewe: Thomas, and Matthewe that Publicane: Iames the sonne of Alpheus, & Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus:

4   Simon the Cananite, and Iudas ^note Iscariot, who also betraied him.

5   These twelue did Iesus send forth, & commaunded them, saying, Goe not into the way of of the Gentiles, and into the cities of the Samaritans enter yee not:

6   But goe rather ^note to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel.

7    ^{note note}And as ye goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand.

8    ^noteHeale the sicke: cleanse the lepers: raise vp the dead: cast out the deuils. Freely ye haue receiued, freely giue.

9    ^{note note}Possesse ^note not golde, nor siluer, nor money in your girdels,

10   Nor a scrippe for the iourney, neither two coates, neither shoes, nor a staffe: ^note for the workeman is worthie of his ^note meate.

11    ^noteAnd into ^note whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shall come, enquire who is worthy in it, and there abide till yee goe thence.

12   And when yee come into an house, salute the same.

13   And if the house be worthy, let your ^note peace come vpon it: but if it be not worthie, let your peace returne to you.

14    ^noteAnd whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare your woordes, when yee depart out of that house, or that citie, ^note shake off the dust of your feete.

15   Truely I say vnto you, it shall be easier for them of the lande of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

16   ¶2; ^{note note} Behold, I send you as ^note sheepe in the middes of the wolues: be yee therefore wise as serpents, and ^note innocent as doues.

17   But beware of ^note men, for they will deliuer you vp to the Councils, and will scourge you in their Synagogues.

18   And ye shal be brought to the gouernours and Kings for my sake, in witnes to them, and to the Gentiles.

19    ^noteBut when they deliuer you vp, take no thought howe or what ye shall speake: for it shall be giuen you in that houre, what ye shall say.

20   For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.

21   And the ^note brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shal rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

22   And yee shall be hated of all men for my Name: ^note but he that endureth to the end, he shall be saued.

23   And when they persecute you in this citie, flee into another: for verely I say vnto you, yee shall not ^note goe ouer all the cities of Israel, till the Sonne of man be come.

24    ^noteThe disciple is not aboue his master, nor the seruant aboue his Lord.

25   It is ynough for the disciple to bee as his master is, and the seruaunt as his Lorde. ^noteIf they haue called the master of the house ^note Beel-zebub, howe much more them of his housholde? To take the crosse.

26    ^noteFeare them not therefore: ^note for there is nothing couered, that shall not be disclosed, nor hid, that shall not be knowen.

27   What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee on the ^note houses.

28   And ^note feare yee not them which kill the bodie, but are nor able to kill the soule: but rather feare him, which is able to destroy both soule and bodie in hell.

29   Are not two sparrowes sold for a ^note farthing, and one of them shal not fal on the ground without your Father?

30    ^noteYea, and all the heares of your head are nombred.

31   Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.

32    ^{note note}Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.

33   But whosoeuer shall denie me before m&ebar;, him will I also denie before my Father which is in heauen.

34    ^{note note}Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.

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

36    ^noteAnd a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

37    ^{note note}He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me. And he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

38    ^noteAnd hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

39    ^noteHe that will ^note finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.

40    ^noteHe that receiueth you, receiueth me: and hee that receiueth mee, receiueth him that hath sent me.

41    ^{note note}Hee that receiueth a Prophet in ^note the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophetes rewarde: and hee that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receiue the rewarde of a righteous man.

42    ^noteAnd whosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these ^note litle ones to drinke a cuppe of colde water onely, in the name of a disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.

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