Matthew 10:1
And calling His twelve disciples, He gave them power over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and heal every disease, and every malady.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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Matthew 6:13lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 26:20And it being evening, He sat down at the table with the twelve.
Matthew 28:18And Jesus having come spoke to them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and upon earth.
Mark 6:7And He calls the twelve to Him, and began to send them out two by two; and He gave them authority over unclean spirits.
Luke 6:13And when it was day, He called His disciples to Him: and having chosen twelve from them, whom He also named apostles;
Luke 10:19Behold I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt 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 →