"And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand." Matthew 10:1-7

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"And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand."

Matthew 10:1-7

¹ He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness.

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

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

⁴ Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who was also his betrayer.

⁵ These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: 'Do not make your way to gentile territory, and do not enter any Samaritan town;

⁶ go instead to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.

⁷ And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.