Matthew 10:1

So summoning His twelve disciples He gave them authority over unclean spirits so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every illness.

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In The King James Version

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

In Context

2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first Simon (the one called Peter) and Andrew his brother, James (the son of Zebedee) and John his brother,

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Cross References

Matthew 6:13And do not bring us into testing, but rescue us from the evil one; because Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

Matthew 26:20When it was evening He was reclining at the table with the twelve.

Matthew 28:18And approaching Jesus asserted to them saying: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Mark 6:7Then He summoned the twelve and began to send them out, two by two, giving them authority over the unclean spirits as He did so.

Luke 6:13When it was day He called His disciples, and from them He chose twelve, whom He also named apostles:

Luke 10:19Take note, I am giving you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing at all may harm you.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:1

This chapter is an ordination sermon, which our Lord Jesus preached, when he advanced his twelve disciples to the degree and dignity of apostles. In the close of the foregoing chapter, he had stirred up them and others to pray that God would send forth labourers, and here we have an immediate answer to that prayer: while they are yet speaking he hears and performs. What we pray for, according to Christ's direction, shall be given, Now here we have, I. The general commission that was given them, ver. 1 . II. The… Read the whole commentary →

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