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Matthew 10:8
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.
Matthew 10:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
- New International Version (NIV)Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
Context of Matthew 10:8
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. Make 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.
Read all of Matthew 10Matthew 10:8 word by word
ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Healθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323
- the sickἀσθενέωastheneō · be weak: illG770
- cleanseκαθαρίζωkatharizō · to cleanG2511
- the lepersλεπρόςlepros · leprousG3015
- raiseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
- the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
- cast outἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
- devilsδαιμόνιονdaimonion · demonG1140
- freelyδωρεάνdōrean · freelyG1432
- ye have receivedλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
- giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
Cross-references for Matthew 10:8
- Matthew 10:1One day, Jesus asked his 12 disciples to come to him. He gave them authority over bad spirits so that they could send the spirits out of people. They could also make sick people well again from every kind of illness.
- Mark 16:18If they pick up a snake, it will not hurt them. If they drink poison, it will not hurt them. They will put their hands on ill people, and God will make those people well.’
- Luke 10:9Make the sick people well who are there. Give this message to all the people there: “The kingdom of God has now come near to you.”
- Acts 4:9Today you are asking us questions about the good thing that we did for this man. Before that, he could not walk. You are asking us how we caused his legs to become strong.
- Acts 5:12At that time, the apostles were doing many miracles that showed God's power among the people. All the believers often met together in the yard of the temple in a place called Solomon's porch.
- 2 Kings 5:15Then Naaman and all his servants went back to see Elisha, the man of God. Naaman stood in front of him and he said, ‘Now I know that there is no God in the whole world except the one in Israel. Please accept a gift from me, your servant.’
- Acts 3:6Then Peter said to the man, ‘I do not have any money. But I do have something else that I will give to you. Jesus Christ from Nazareth gave me authority to do this. So now I tell you to walk!’
- Acts 8:18Simon saw that God gave the Holy Spirit to people when the apostles put their hands on them. So he said to Peter and John, ‘Here is some money for you.
- Acts 20:33When I stayed among you, I did not ask you to give me money or clothes.
Commentaries on Matthew 10:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Raise the dead - This is wanting in the MSS. marked EKLMS of Griesbach, and in those marked BHV of Mathai, and in upwards of one hundred others. It is also wanting in the Syriac, (Vienna edition), latter Persic, Sahidic, Armenian, Sclavonic, and in one copy of the Itala; also in Athanasius, Basil, and Chrysostom. There is no evidence that the disciples raised any dead person previously to the resurrection of Christ. The words should certainly be omitted…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Freely ye have received, freely give - That is, they were not to sell their favors of healing, preaching, etc. They were not to make a money-making business of it, to bargain specifically to heal for so much, and to cast out devils for so much. This, however, neither then nor afterward precluded them from receiving a competent support. See Luke 10:7; 1 Corinthians 9:8-14; 1 Timothy 5:18.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-15Verses 5-15 The Gentiles must not have the gospel brought them, till the Jews have refused it. This restraint on the apostles was only in their first mission. Wherever they went they must proclaim, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. They preached, to establish the faith; the kingdom, to animate the hope; of heaven, to inspire the love of heavenly things, and the contempt of earthly; which is at hand, that men may prepare for it without delay. Christ gave…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Freely you have received; freely give: While payment is not wrong (1 Corinthians 9:3–19; Galatians 6:6; 1 Timothy 5:17), Jesus encouraged the apostles to avoid appearing greedy (see Acts 8:20; 20:33).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils--(The italicized clause--"raise the dead"--is wanting in many manuscripts). Here we have the first communication of supernatural power by Christ Himself to His followers--thus anticipating the gifts of Pentecost. And right royally does He dispense it. freely ye have received, freely give--Divine saying, divinely said! (Compare De 15:10, 11; Ac 3:6)--an apple of gold in a setting of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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