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. Luk 9:1-6Mrk 3:13-15Mrk 6:7-13Luk 10:19Mrk 16:17-18Luk 24:49Act 1:8Luk 6:13 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; Act 1:13Mat 4:21Jhn 12:22Jhn 6:8Luk 5:10Mat 4:18Jhn 21:2Luk 11:49 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called 1 Thaddaeus; Act 1:13Mrk 3:18Jhn 1:43-46Mat 9:9Mrk 2:14Jhn 11:16Jhn 12:21-22Jhn 20:24-29 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Mat 26:14Jhn 13:2Jhn 6:71Mat 26:47Mrk 14:43Mrk 3:18-19Act 1:16-20Jhn 13:26-30
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. Jhn 4:9Act 22:21-232Ki 17:24-411Th 2:16Jhn 4:22-24Rom 15:8-9Luk 17:16Act 10:45 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Jer 50:6Ezk 34:61Pe 2:25Isa 53:6Act 13:46Psa 119:176Mat 15:24-26Act 28:25-28 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ Act 28:31Mat 3:2Luk 9:60Mat 4:17Luk 10:9-11Luk 16:16Luk 9:2Isa 61:1 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, 2 and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. Act 3:6Luk 10:9Act 4:30Mat 10:1Act 20:33-35Mrk 16:182Ki 5:15-16Act 5:12-15 Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. Luk 22:35Luk 9:3-51Co 9:7-27Luk 10:4-12Mrk 6:8-11 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 1Ti 5:17-18Luk 10:7-121Co 9:4-14Gal 6:6-7Luk 3:111Sa 9:72Ti 4:131Sa 17:40 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. Luk 10:7-81Ki 17:9-24Act 18:1-3Job 31:32Act 16:15Gen 19:1-3Jdg 19:16-21Luk 10:38-42 As you enter into the household, greet it. 1Sa 25:6Luk 10:5-62Co 5:20Act 10:363Jn 1:14 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. Luk 10:6Psa 35:132Co 2:16 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. Act 18:6Luk 10:10-11Neh 5:13Act 13:51Luk 9:5Mrk 6:111Th 4:8Jhn 13:20 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. 2Pe 2:6Jhn 15:22-241Jn 4:17Ezk 16:48-56Luk 10:11-12Mat 11:22-242Pe 2:92Pe 3:7
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Php 2:15Luk 10:31Co 14:20Col 4:5Eph 5:15-17Rom 16:18-19Act 20:29Luk 21:15 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. Mrk 13:9Mat 23:34Act 26:11Jhn 16:2Luk 12:11Mat 5:22Mat 24:9-10Act 22:19 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. Act 24:1-26Act 5:25-27Mat 8:4Mrk 13:9Psa 2:1-62Ti 1:82Ti 4:16-17Act 12:1-4 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. Exo 4:12Mrk 13:11-132Ti 4:17Luk 12:11Luk 21:12-17Exo 4:15Dan 3:16-18Jer 1:9 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. 2Sa 23:2Act 6:10Luk 21:15Luk 12:122Pe 1:21Act 2:4Act 4:82Co 13:3
“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. Luk 21:16-17Mic 7:5-6Mrk 13:12-13Mat 24:10Luk 12:51-53Mat 10:34-36Zec 13:32Sa 17:1-4 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. Mat 24:13Jas 1:12Rev 2:10Mrk 13:13Mat 10:391Jn 3:13Mat 24:9Rom 2:7 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. Mat 16:28Jhn 11:53-54Act 17:10Act 8:1Luk 4:29-31Mrk 13:26Jhn 10:39-42Luk 18:8
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. Jhn 15:20Luk 6:40Jhn 13:16Heb 12:2-42Sa 11:11 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, 3 how much more those of his household! Luk 11:15Mat 12:24Mat 9:34Jhn 7:20Mrk 3:22Jhn 8:48Jhn 10:20Jhn 8:52 Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Luk 8:17Mrk 4:22Jer 1:81Co 4:5Isa 43:1-2Luk 12:2-9Mat 10:28Isa 41:10 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. Act 5:20Jhn 16:13Jhn 16:1Pro 1:20-23Jhn 16:29Luk 8:10Mat 13:1-17Mat 13:34-35 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. 4 Luk 12:4-5Isa 8:12-13Rev 2:10Jas 4:12Ecc 8:12-13Rom 8:35-39Isa 51:12Jer 5:22
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? 5 Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. Luk 12:6-7Psa 104:27-30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Luk 12:71Sa 14:45Act 27:34Luk 21:182Sa 14:111Ki 1:52 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. Luk 12:24Psa 8:5Mat 6:261Co 9:9-10Mat 12:11-12 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. Rev 3:5Luk 12:8-9Rom 10:9-101Jn 4:152Ti 1:81Sa 2:30Rev 2:131Ti 6:12-13 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven. 2Ti 2:12Luk 9:26Luk 12:91Jn 2:232Pe 2:1Mrk 14:30Mrk 8:38Mat 26:70-75
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. Luk 12:49-53Act 14:4Act 13:45-50Act 14:2Jhn 7:40-52Jer 15:10 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. Mic 7:5-6Mat 10:21Luk 21:16Mat 24:10Mrk 13:12 A man’s foes will be those of his own household. 6 Mic 7:6Jer 12:6Psa 41:9Gen 4:8-10Job 19:13-19Psa 55:13Gen 37:17-281Sa 17:28 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. Luk 14:26Mat 22:37Php 3:7-92Co 5:14-15Deu 33:9Jhn 21:15-17Luk 21:36Mat 22:8 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. Luk 14:27Mrk 8:34Mat 16:24Luk 9:23-24Jhn 19:17Mrk 10:21Mat 27:32 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. Jhn 12:25Mrk 8:35-36Luk 17:33Mat 16:25-26Luk 9:24Rev 2:10Php 1:20-212Ti 4:6-8
“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. Jhn 13:20Luk 9:48Luk 10:16Mat 18:52Jn 1:9Gal 4:14Jhn 20:21Mat 25:40 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. 3Jn 1:5-8Heb 6:102Ki 4:16-172Ki 4:8-10Luk 14:13-141Ki 18:3-42Jn 1:82Ki 4:32-37 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.” Heb 6:10Mat 25:40Mrk 9:41-422Co 9:6-15Mat 18:10Php 4:15-19Luk 6:352Co 8:12