耶穌叫了十二個門徒來，給他們權柄，能趕逐污鬼，並醫治各樣的病症。
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
耶穌叫了十二個門徒來，給他們權柄，能趕逐污鬼，並醫治各樣的病症。
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.
這十二使徒的名：頭一個叫
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
奮銳黨的
Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
耶穌差這十二個人去，吩咐他們說：「外邦人的路，你們不要走；
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans,
寧可往
but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
隨走隨傳，說『天國近了！』
And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
醫治病人，叫死人復活，叫長大痲瘋的潔淨，把鬼趕出去。你們白白地得來，也要白白地捨去。
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
腰袋裏不要帶金銀銅錢；
Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts,
行路不要帶口袋；不要帶兩件褂子，也不要帶鞋和柺杖。因為工人得飲食是應當的。
no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.
你們無論進哪一城，哪一村，要打聽那裏誰是好人，就住在他家，直住到走的時候。
And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.
進他家裏去，要請他的安。
As you enter the house, greet it.
那家若配得平安，你們所求的平安就必臨到那家；若不配得，你們所求的平安仍歸你們。
And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
凡不接待你們、不聽你們話的人，你們離開那家，或是那城的時候，就把腳上的塵土跺下去。
And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
我實在告訴你們，當審判的日子，
Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
「我差你們去，如同羊進入狼群；所以你們要靈巧像蛇，馴良像鴿子。
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
你們要防備人；因為他們要把你們交給公會，也要在會堂裏鞭打你們，
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,
並且你們要為我的緣故被送到諸侯君王面前，對他們和外邦人作見證。
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.
你們被交的時候，不要思慮怎樣說話，或說甚麼話。到那時候，必賜給你們當說的話；
When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
因為不是你們自己說的，乃是你們父的靈在你們裏頭說的。
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
弟兄要把弟兄，父親要把兒子，送到死地；兒女要與父母為敵，害死他們；
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
並且你們要為我的名被眾人恨惡。惟有忍耐到底的必然得救。
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
有人在這城裏逼迫你們，就逃到那城裏去。我實在告訴你們，
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
學生不能高過先生；僕人不能高過主人。
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
學生和先生一樣，僕人和主人一樣，也就罷了。人既罵家主是別西卜，何況他的家人呢？〔「別西卜」是鬼王的名〕」
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
「所以，不要怕他們；因為掩蓋的事沒有不露出來的，隱藏的事沒有不被人知道的。
“So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
我在暗中告訴你們的，你們要在明處說出來；你們耳中所聽的，要在房上宣揚出來。
What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
那殺身體、不能殺靈魂的，不要怕他們；惟有能把身體和靈魂都滅在地獄裏的，正要怕他。
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
兩個麻雀不是賣一分銀子嗎？若是你們的父不許，一個也不能掉在地上；
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
就是你們的頭髮也都被數過了。
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
所以，不要懼怕，你們比許多麻雀還貴重！」
Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
「凡在人面前認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必認他；
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
凡在人面前不認我的，我在我天上的父面前也必不認他。」
but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
「你們不要想我來是叫地上太平；我來並不是叫地上太平，乃是叫地上動刀兵。
“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
因為我來是叫人與父親生疏，女兒與母親生疏，媳婦與婆婆生疏。
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
人的仇敵就是自己家裏的人。
And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.
「愛父母過於愛我的，不配作我的門徒；愛兒女過於愛我的，不配作我的門徒；
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
不背著他的十字架跟從我的，也不配作我的門徒。
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
得著生命的，將要失喪生命；為我失喪生命的，將要得著生命。」
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
「人接待你們就是接待我；接待我就是接待那差我來的。
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
人因為先知的名接待先知，必得先知所得的賞賜；人因為義人的名接待義人，必得義人所得的賞賜。
The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
無論何人，因為門徒的名，只把一杯涼水給這小子裏的一個喝，我實在告訴你們，這人不能不得賞賜。」
And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”