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Matthew 10:1-42

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9:35Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

9:36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

9:37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

9:38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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1Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

4Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

6Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

7As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

9“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts—

10no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

11Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.

12As you enter the home, give it your greeting.

13If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.

14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.

15Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

16“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

17Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.

18On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

19But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,

20for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

22You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

23When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.

25It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

26“So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.

27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.

28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.

30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

33But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.

34“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

36a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

37“Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

39Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.

40“Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

41Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

42And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.”

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1)       Are verses 9:35 to 9:38 included in VisionCasting-Matthew9.35-38?

o   Yes.

 

2)       Why are verses 9:35 to 9:38 included here?

o   They are included here to provide continuity of context.

 

3)       According to verse 1 what authority did Jesus give his twelve disciples when he called them to him?

o   Jesus gave them authority to

§  Drive out impure spirits.

§  And heal every

Ø  Disease. 

Ø  And sickness.

 

4)       According to verses 2 to 4 who are the twelve apostles?

o   Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew.

o   James son of Zebedee, and his brother John.

o   Philip and Bartholomew.

o   Thomas and Matthew the tax collector.

o   James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.

o   Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

 

5)       According to verses 5 and 6 whom did Jesus tell the disciples to go to and not to go to?

o   Do not

§  Go among the Gentiles.

§  Or enter any town of the Samaritans.

o   Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 7 what was the message the disciples were to proclaim?

o   The kingdom of heaven has come near.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 8 what were the disciples to do for the people?

o   Heal the sick.

o   Raise the dead.

o   Cleanse those who have leprosy.

o   And drive out demons.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 8 were the disciples to charge for their service and why?

o   No, because freely they had received.

o   Freely they were to give.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verses 9 and 10 what were the disciples to do for the provision of their mission?

o   Do not take with them in their belts

§  Any gold.

§  Or silver.

§  Or copper.

o   Do not take for the journey

§  A bag.

§  Or an extra shirt.

§  Or sandals.

§  Or a staff.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verses 9 and 10 why should the disciples forgo taking the provision with them?

o   It is because the worker is worth

§  His keep, i.e.,

§  The fruit of his labor.

 

11)   According to what Jesus said in verse 11 how did the disciples find a house where they could stay until they left when they entered a town or village?

o   They should

§  Search there for some worthy person.

§  And stay at their house.

§  Until

§  They left.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 12 what should the disciples do when they entered the home?

o   They should give it their greeting.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verse 13 how would the home fare with the disciples’ greeting of peace?

o   Let the disciples’ peace rest on the home.

o   If

o   It is deserving.

o   Let the disciples’ peace return to them.

o   If

o   If it is not.

 

14)   According to what Jesus said in verse 14 what should the disciples do when people did not welcome them or listen to their words?

o   They should

§  Leave that

Ø  Home. 

Ø  Or town.

§  And shake the dust off their feet.

 

15)   According to what Jesus said in verse 15 what is the consequence for the town that will not welcome the disciples or listen to their words?

o   On the day of judgment it will be

§  More bearable for

Ø  Sodom. 

Ø  And Gomorrah.

§  Than for that town.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 16 what should be the disciples’ mindset since he is sending them out like sheep among wolves,?

o   They should be

§  As shrewd as snakes.

§  And as innocent as doves.

 

17)   According to what Jesus said in verse 17 why should the disciples be on guard?

o   They should be on guard because they will be

§  Handed over to the local councils.

§  And flogged in the synagogues.

 

18)   According to what Jesus said in verse 18 what will happen to the disciples on his account?

o   They will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

 

19)   According to what Jesus said in verses 19 and 20 how should the disciples conduct themselves when they are arrested?

o   They should not worry about

§  What to say.

§  Or how to say it.

o   At that time they will be given what to say.

o   For

o   It will not be

§  They speaking.

§  But the Spirit of their Father speaking through them.

 

20)   According to what Jesus said in verse 21 what conflict will there be within the family?

o   Brother will betray brother to death.

o   A father will betray his child.

o   Children will

§  Rebel against their parents.

§  And have them put to death.

 

21)   According to what Jesus said in verse 22 how will the disciples be saved, given that they will be hated by everyone because of him?

o   They will be saved.

o   If

o   They stand firm to the end.

 

22)   According to what Jesus said in verse 23 what should the disciples do when they are persecuted in one place,?

o   They should flee to another.

 

23)   According to what Jesus said in verse 23 what should the disciples’ expectation be of how long persecution will last since they will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes?

o   Persecution will not last indefinitely.

 

24)   According to what Jesus said in verses 24 and 25 what will happen to his disciples since he has been vilified as Beelzebul,?

o   They will be vilified much more.

 

25)   According to what Jesus said in verses 25 and 26 why should the disciples not be afraid of those who vilify them?

o   It is because there is nothing

§  Concealed that will not be disclosed.

§  Or hidden that will not be made known.

 

26)   According to what Jesus said in verse 27 how should the disciples bring to light what Jesus has told them?

o   What Jesus tells the disciples in the dark.

o   They are to speak in the daylight.

o   What is whispered in their ear.

o   They are to proclaim from the roofs.

 

27)   According to what Jesus said in verse 28 whom should the disciples be afraid of and whom should they not be?

o   They should not be afraid of those who

§  Kill the body.

§  But cannot kill the soul.

o   Rather, they should be afraid of the One who can destroy both

§  Soul.

§  And body in hell.

 

28)   According to what Jesus said in verses 29 to 31 what is the reason the disciples should not be afraid?

o   Their Father takes care of the insignificant sparrows.

o   The disciples are worth more than many sparrows.

o   And even the very hairs of their head are all numbered.

 

29)   According to what Jesus said in verses 32 and 33 what will he do to those who acknowledge him and those who disown him before others?

o   Whoever acknowledges Jesus him before others.

o   Jesus will also acknowledge before his Father in heaven.

o   But whoever disowns him before others.

o   Jesus will disown before his Father in heaven.

 

30)   According to what Jesus said in verses 34 to 36 what did he mean by bringing a sword to the earth instead of peace?

o   Jesus has come to turn

§  A man against his father.

§  A daughter against her mother.

§  A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

o   So that a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.

 

31)   According to what Jesus said in verses 37 and 38 who is not worthy of him?

o   Anyone who loves their father or mother more than Jesus is not worthy of him.

o   Anyone who loves their son or daughter more than Jesus is not worthy of him.

o   Whoever does not take up their cross and follow Jesus is not worthy of him.

 

32)   According to what Jesus said in verse 39 who will lose their life and who will find it?

o   Whoever finds their life will lose it.

o   And whoever loses their life for Jesus’ sake will find it.

 

33)   What did Jesus mean when he said that whoever finds their life will lose it?

o   Whoever tries to preserve their life by their own strength will lose it..

 

34)   What did Jesus mean when he said that whoever loses their life for his sake will find it?

o   Jesus will give eternal life to those who loses their life for his sake.

 

35)   According to what Jesus said in verse 40 whom do those that welcome the disciples actually  welcome?

o   Those that welcome the disciples actually welcome Jesus.

 

36)   According to what Jesus said in verse 40 whom do those that welcome Jesus actually welcome?

o   Those that welcome Jesus actually welcome the one who sent Jesus, i.e., the Father.

 

37)   According to what Jesus said in verse 41 what is the reward for those who welcome a prophet as a prophet?

o   Those who welcome a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward.

 

38)   According to what Jesus said in verse 41 what is the reward for those who welcome a righteous person as a righteous person?

o   Those who welcome a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

 

39)   According to what Jesus said in verse 42 what happens to the reward of those who give a cup of cold water to one of the least of his disciples?

o   Those who give a cup of cold water to one of the least of Jesus’ disciples will certainly not lose their reward.

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Matthew 10:1-42

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