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Matthew 10:3-5
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Matthew 10:3-5
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3 There were Philip and Bartholomew.[a]
There were Thomas and Matthew.[b] (Matthew's job was to take taxes from people.)
And James who was the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus.[c]
4 There was also Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who later gave Jesus to his enemies.[d]
Jesus sends out his 12 apostles
5 Jesus sent out these 12 disciples. Before they left, he said to them, ‘Do not go to any place where the people are Gentiles. And do not go to towns where only Samaritans live.[e]
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- 10:3 In his book John calls Bartholomew, Nathanael. See John 1:45.
- 10:3 Matthew is another name for Levi.
- 10:3 In this verse and in Mark 3:18, Judas, son of James is called Thaddaeus.
- 10:4 A Zealot was a man who wanted to fight against the Roman ruler. The Zealots wanted the Jews to rule Israel again.
- 10:5 The Samaritan people and the Jews did not like each other. Some of the Samaritans' ancestors were Jewish and some of them were not.
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