The Life of Jesus

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;

Simon the Cananite, and Judas Iscariot, who did also deliver him up.

These twelve did Jesus send forth, having given command to them, saying, `To the way of the nations go not away, and into a city of the Samaritans go not in,

and be going rather unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

`And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

`Provide not gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles,

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff--for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

`And into whatever city or village ye may enter, inquire ye who in it is worthy, and there abide, till ye may go forth.

And coming to the house salute it,

and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

`And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

`Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;

for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

`And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.

`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

`Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.