Matthew 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ¹  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ²  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ³ 

Matthew 10:5

10:5 Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: ⁴  “Do not go to Gentile regions ⁵  and do not enter any Samaritan town. ⁶ 

Matthew 11:1

11:1 When ⁷  Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

Matthew 20:17

Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, ⁸  he took the twelve ⁹  aside privately and said to them on the way,

Matthew 26:53

26:53 Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions ¹⁰  of angels right now?

[10:1]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ³ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “instructing them, saying.”

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “on the road of the Gentiles.” That is, a path that leads to Gentile regions.

[10:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “town [or city] of the Samaritans.”

[11:1]  ⁷ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[20:17]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:17]  ¹¹ tc ‡ A number of significant witnesses (e.g., B C W 085 33 lat) have μαθητάς (maqhtas, “disciples”) after δώδεκα (dwdeka, “twelve”), perhaps by way of clarification, while other important witnesses lack the word (e.g., א D L Θ Ë^1,13). The longer reading looks to be a scribal clarification, and hence is considered to be secondary. NA²⁷ puts the word in brackets to show doubts about its authenticity.

[26:53]  ¹³ sn A legion was a Roman army unit of about 6,000 soldiers, so twelve legions would be 72,000.