1 Ja Ta kutsus Oma kaksteistkümmend jüngrit enese juure ja andis meile meelevalla rüvedate vaimude üle, neid välja ajada ja parandada kõike tõbe ja kõike viga.
2 Nende kaheteistkümne apostli nimed on need: esimene Siimon, nimetatud Peetruseks, ja Andreas, tema vend; Jakoobus, Sebedeuse poeg, ja Johannes, tema vend;
3 Filippus ja Bartolomeus, Toomas ja Matteus, tölner; Jakoobus, Alfeuse poeg, ja Taddeus;
4 Siimon Kaanast ja Juudas Iskariot, kes Tema ka ära andis.
5 Need kaksteistkümmend läkitas Jeesus, käskis neid ning ütles: „Ärge minge paganate teele ja ärge astuge samaarlaste linna,
6 vaid minge ennemini Iisraeli koja kadunud lammaste juure.
7 Ja minnes kuulutage ning ütelge: Taevariik on lähedal!
8 Tehke haigeid terveks, äratage surnuid üles, puhastage pidalitõbiseid, ajage välja kurje vaime. Muidu olete saanud, muidu andke!
9 Ärge varuge kulda ega hõbedat ega vaskraha oma vöö vahele,
10 ei pauna teekonnale ega kaht kuube ega jalatseid ega saua; sest töötegija on oma toiduse väärt.
11 Aga kui te kuhugi linna või külasse astute, siis kuulake, kes seal on vääriline, ja sinna jääge, seni kui sealt ära lähete.
12 Aga sisse astudes majasse teretage seda.
13 Ja kui see maja on selle vääriline, siis tulgu teie rahu ta peale; aga kui see ei ole vääriline, pöördugu teie rahu tagasi teie juure.
14 Ja kes iganes teid vastu ei võta ega kuule teie sõnu, sellest kojast või sellest linnast minge välja ja puistake tolm oma jalgadelt.
15 Tõesti Mina ütlen teile, Soodoma- ja Gomorramaal on kohtupäeval hõlpsam põli kui niisugusel linnal!
16 Vaata, Mina läkitan teid nagu lambaid huntide keskele! Olge siis arukad nagu maod ja vagurad nagu tuvid!
17 Aga hoiduge inimestest; sest nad annavad teid ära kohtute kätte ja piitsutavad teid kogudusekodades.
18 Ja teid viiakse minu pärast ka maavalitsejate ja kuningate ette, neile ja paganaile tunnistuseks.
19 Ja kui nad teid annavad kohtu kätte, siis ärge muretsege, kuidas või mida rääkida, sest teile antakse sel tunnil see, mida teil tuleb rääkida.
20 Sest teie ei ole need, kes kõnelevad, vaid see on teie Isa Vaim, Kes kõneleb teie sees.
21 Siis vend annab venna surma ja isa oma lapse, ja lapsed hakkavad vastu vanemaile ja tapavad nad.
22 Ja te saate kõikide vihaalusteks Minu nime pärast; aga kes jääb püsima otsani, see päästetakse.
23 Aga kui nad teid taga kiusavad ühes linnas, siis põgenege teise. Sest tõesti Ma ütlen teile, te ei jõua Iisraeli linnu õpetades läbi käia, enne kui Inimese Poeg tuleb!
24 Jünger ei ole ülem oma õpetajast ega ori ülem oma isandast.
25 Jünger olgu rahul sellega, et tema käsi käib nagu ta õpetajal ja orjal nagu ta isandal. Kui nad pereisandat on hüüdnud Peeltsebuliks, kui palju enam tema peret!
26 Ärge siis neid kartke! Sest midagi ei ole peidetud, mis ei tuleks ilmsiks, ja midagi pole salajas, mida ei saada teada.
27 Mis Ma teile ütlen pimedas, seda rääkige valges; ja mida te kuulete kõrva sisse räägitavat, seda kuulutage katustelt.
28 Ja ärge kartke neid, kes ihu tapavad, aga hinge ei või tappa, vaid kartke ennemini Teda, kes hinge ja ihu võib hukutada põrgus.
29 Eks kaks varblast müüda veeringu eest? Ent ükski neist ei lange maha ilma teie Isata.
30 Aga teie juuksekarvadki on kõik ära loetud.
31 Ärge siis kartke; teie olete kallihinnalisemad kui palju varblasi!
32 Igaüks nüüd, kes Mind tunnistab inimeste ees, teda tunnistan Minagi Oma Isa ees, Kes on taevas.
33 Aga kes iganes Mind ära salgab inimeste ees, teda salgan Minagi Oma Isa ees, Kes on taevas!
34 Ärge arvake, et Ma olen tulnud tooma rahu maa peale; Ma ei ole tulnud tooma rahu, vaid mõõka!
35 Sest Ma olen tulnud ajama inimest riidu tema isaga ja tütart tema emaga ja miniat tema ämmaga;
36 ja inimese vaenlasiks saavad ta omad kodakondsed.
37 Kes isa või ema enam armastab kui Mind, see ei ole Mind väärt; ja kes poega või tütart enam armastab kui Mind, see ei ole Mind väärt;
38 ja kes ei võta oma risti enese peale ega järgi Mind, ei ole Mind väärt.
39 Kes oma elu leiab, kaotab selle, ja kes oma elu kaotab Minu pärast, leiab selle.
40 Kes teid vastu võtab, võtab Mind vastu; ja kes Mind vastu võtab, võtab vastu Selle, Kes Mind on läkitanud.
41 Kes prohveti vastu võtab ta prohvetinime tõttu, saab prohveti palga; ja kes õige vastu võtab, õige inimese nime tõttu, see saab õige inimese palga.
42 Ja kes iganes üht neist vähemaist joodab karikatäie külma veega ta jüngri nime tõttu, tõesti Ma ütlen teile, see ei jää ilma oma palgast!"
1 And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.
2 Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who was false to him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out and gave them orders, saying, Do not go among the Gentiles, or into any town of Samaria,
6 But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,
7 And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.
8 Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.
9 Take no gold or silver or copper in your pockets;
10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.
11 And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.
12 And when you go in, say, May peace be on this house.
13 And if the house is good enough, let your peace come on it: but if not, let your peace come back to you.
14 And whoever will not take you in, or give ear to your words, when you go out from that house or that town, put off its dust from your feet.
15 Truly I say to you, It will be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of God's judging than for that town.
16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;
20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
26 Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.
27 What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
29 Are not sparrows two a farthing? and not one of them comes to an end without your Father:
30 But the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 Then have no fear; you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.
32 To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven.
33 But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven.
34 Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.
35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.
37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.
38 And he who does not take his cross and come after me is not good enough for me.
39 He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
40 He who gives honour to you gives honour to me; and he who gives honour to me gives honour to him who sent me.
41 He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.
42 And whoever gives to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will not go without his reward.