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And having called His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast out, and to heal every disease and every weakness of body.

And the names of the twelve apostles are these: First, Simon who is called Peter and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax-collector, James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbaeus, whose last name was Thaddaeus,

Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

Jesus sent these twelve out, charging them, saying: Do not go into the way of the nations, and do not go into a Samaritan city.

But rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And going on, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of Heaven has drawn near.

Heal sick ones, cleanse lepers, raise dead ones, cast out demons. You freely received, freely give.

Do not provide gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,

nor provision bag for the road, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staves. For the worker is worthy of his food.

And into whatever city or village you enter, search out who in it is worthy; and remain there until you go out.

But entering into the house, greet it;

and if the house truly is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

And whoever will not receive you, nor will hear your words, having gone out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

Truly I say to you, It will be more bearable to the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in Judgment Day than for that city.