Gospel According to Matthew - Modern Literal Version

Gospel According to Matthew (MLV)

Matthew 10)

^10:1 And he having called his twelve disciples, gave to them authority over unclean spirits, so-that they are able to cast them out and to heal all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.

^10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;^10:3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus and Lebbaeus who was surnamed Thaddaeus;^10:4 Simon the _<13>Cananaean and Judas the Iscariot, who delivered him to the Jews.

^10:5 Jesus sent forth these twelve and commanded them, saying, Do not go into any road of the Gentiles and do not enter into any city of the Samaritans:^10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.^10:7 And as you* are going, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven has drawn near.^10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely you* received, freely give.^10:9 Obtain no gold, nor silver, nor coins FOR your* money belts;^10:10 no wallet FOR your* journey, neither two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff: for* the worker is worthy of his food.^10:11 And into whatever city or village you* may enter, probe out who in it is worthy; and abide there until you* go forth.^10:12 And as you* enter into the house, greet it.^10:13 And if the house is worthy, let your* peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your* peace return to you*.^10:14 And whoever does not receive you*, nor hear your* words, when you* go forth from that house or that city, shake off the dust from your* feet.^10:15 Truly I say to you*, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

^10:16 Behold, I send you* forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore become prudent as serpents and harmless as doves.^10:17 But take-heed of men: for* they will deliver you* up to councils; and they will scourge you* in theirs synagogues;^10:18 and you* will also be brought before governors and kings because of me, FOR a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.^10:19 But when they deliver you* up, do not be anxious how or what you* will speak: for* it will be given to you* in that hour what you* will speak.^10:20 For* it is not you* who speaks, but the Spirit of your* Father who speaks in you*.^10:21 And brother will deliver up brother to death and the father his child and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.^10:22 And you* will be hated by all men because of my name. But he who endures to the end, this one will be saved.^10:23 But when they persecute you* in this city, flee into another: for* truly I say to you*, You* will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

^10:24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a bondservant above his lord.^10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he may become as his teacher and the bondservant as his lord. If they have called the householder Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!^10:26 Therefore do not fear them: for* there is nothing covered, which will not be revealed; and hid, which will not be known.^10:27 What I tell you* in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you* hear in your ear, preach upon the housetops^10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.^10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a assarion? And not one out of them will fall on the ground without your* Father knowing it :^10:30 but even the hairs of your* head are all numbered.^10:31 Therefore do not fear because you* are of more value than many sparrows.^10:32 Therefore every one who will confess _<14>me before men, I will also confess _<15>him before my Father who is in heaven.^10:33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

^10:34 Do not think that I came to cast peace on the earth: I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.^10:35 For* I came to cause-disunion: a man against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:^10:36 and a man's enemies will be those of his own household.^10:37 He who loves father or mother more-than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more-than me is not worthy of me.^10:38 And he who does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.^10:39 He who found his life will lose it; and he who lost his life because of me will find it.

^10:40 He who receives you* receives me and he who receives me receives him who sent me.^10:41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.^10:42 And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to drink to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you* he will by no means lose his reward.

<13> 10:4- OR: Zealot. See Lk. 6:15, Acts 1.13.

<14> 10:32- Greek: in me (An Hebrew idiom).

<15> 10:32- Greek: in him (An Hebrew idiom).