Matthew 10:2-14

2These are the names of the 12 apostles: The first apostle is Simon, who was also called Peter. Then Simon's brother, who was called Andrew. Also James and his brother John, who were Zebedee's sons.

3There were Philip and Bartholomew. There were Thomas and Matthew. (Matthew's job was to take taxes from people.) And James who was the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.

4There was also Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who later gave Jesus to his enemies.

5Jesus sent out these 12 disciples. Before they left, he said to them, ‘Do not go to any place where the people are Gentiles. And do not go to towns where only Samaritans live.

6Instead, you must go to the people of Israel. They are like lost sheep with nobody to take care of them.

7While you travel, you must tell people about the kingdom of heaven. You must tell them that it has now become near.

8Make sick people well again. Cause dead people to become alive again. If people have a bad disease of the skin, make them well again. Send bad spirits out of people to leave them. God has been very kind to you, so you should be kind to other people. When you help people, do not ask them for money.

9Do not take any money in your purses.

10Do not take a bag with you, or extra clothes. Do not take extra shoes or a stick. You are working to help people. So people should give you what you need to live.

11When you arrive in a town or a village, look for a good person there. Continue to stay in that person's house until you leave there.

12When you go into the house, say to the people there, “We pray that you will be well.”

13If the people of that house accept you, then everyone in the house will be well. But if they do not accept you, then take back your kind words.

14Sometimes you will go to some house or town and the people will not accept you there. They will not listen to your message. Then you should leave. Clean the dirt of that place off your feet.