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title: "Matthew 10 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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description: "Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles. The lessons… Matthew 10 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# Matthew 10

Matthew 10 is chapter 10 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 42 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles. The lessons he gives them.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 10 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity.
2. Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
3. James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus,
4. Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5. Jesus sent these twelve, instructing them, saying: “Do not travel by the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into the city of the Samaritans,
6. but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.
7. And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’
8. Cure the infirm, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You have received freely, so give freely.
9. Do not choose to possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your belts,
10. nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.
11. Now, into whatever city or town you will enter, inquire as to who is worthy within it. And stay there until you depart.
12. Then, when you enter into the house, greet it, saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
13. And if, indeed, that house is worthy, your peace will rest upon it. But if it is not worthy, your peace will return to you.
14. And whoever has neither received you, nor listened to your words, departing from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
15. Amen I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
16. Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves.
17. But beware of men. For they will hand you over to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.
18. And you shall be led before both rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
19. But when they hand you over, do not choose to think about how or what to speak. For what to speak shall be given to you in that hour.
20. For it is not you who will be speaking, but the Spirit of your Father, who will speak in you.
21. And brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths.
22. And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved.
23. Now when they persecute you in one city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you will not have exhausted all the cities of Israel, before the Son of man returns.
24. The disciple is not above the teacher, nor is the servant above his master.
25. It is sufficient for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant, like his master. If they have called the Father of the family, ‘Beelzebub,’ how much more those of his household?
26. Therefore, do not fear them. For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden that shall not be known.
27. What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light. And what you hear whispered in the ear, preach above the rooftops.
28. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.
29. Are not two sparrows sold for one small coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.
30. For even the hairs of your head have all been numbered.
31. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
32. Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.
33. But whoever will have denied me before men, I also will deny before my Father, who is in heaven.
34. Do not think that I came to send peace upon the earth. I came, not to send peace, but the sword.
35. For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36. And the enemies of a man will be those of his own household.
37. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
38. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39. Whoever finds his life, will lose it. And whoever will have lost his life because of me, shall find it.
40. Whoever receives you, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.
41. Whoever receives a prophet, in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet. And whoever receives the just in the name of the just shall receive the reward of the just.
42. And whoever shall give, even to one of the least of these, a cup of cold water to drink, solely in the name of a disciple: Amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

## Matthew 10 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et convocatis duodecim discipulis suis, dedit illis potestatem spirituum immundorum, ut ejicerent eos, et curarent omnem languorem, et omnem infirmitatem.
2. Duodecim autem Apostolorum nomina sunt hæc. Primus, Simon, qui dicitur Petrus: et Andreas frater ejus,
3. Jacobus Zebedæi, et Joannes frater ejus, Philippus, et Bartholomæus, Thomas, et Matthæus publicanus, Jacobus Alphæi, et Thaddæus,
4. Simon Chananæus, et Judas Iscariotes, qui et tradidit eum.
5. Hos duodecim misit Jesus, præcipiens eis, dicens: In viam gentium ne abieritis, et in civitates Samaritanorum ne intraveritis:
6. sed potius ite ad oves quæ perierunt domus Israël.
7. Euntes autem prædicate, dicentes: Quia appropinquavit regnum cælorum.
8. Infirmos curate, mortuos suscitate, leprosos mundate, dæmones ejicite: gratis accepistis, gratis date.
9. Nolite possidere aurum, neque argentum, neque pecuniam in zonis vestris:
10. non peram in via, neque duas tunicas, neque calceamenta, neque virgam: dignus enim est operarius cibo suo.
11. In quamcumque autem civitatem aut castellum intraveritis, interrogate, quis in ea dignus sit: et ibi manete donec exeatis.
12. Intrantes autem in domum, salutate eam, dicentes: Pax huic domui.
13. Et siquidem fuerit domus illa digna, veniet pax vestra super eam: si autem non fuerit digna, pax vestra revertetur ad vos.
14. Et quicumque non receperit vos, neque audierit sermones vestros: exeuntes foras de domo, vel civitate, excutite pulverem de pedibus vestris.
15. Amen dico vobis: Tolerabilius erit terræ Sodomorum et Gomorrhæorum in die judicii, quam illi civitati.
16. Ecce ego mitto vos sicut oves in medio luporum. Estote ergo prudentes sicut serpentes, et simplices sicut columbæ.
17. Cavete autem ab hominibus. Tradent enim vos in conciliis, et in synagogis suis flagellabunt vos:
18. et ad præsides, et ad reges ducemini propter me in testimonium illis, et gentibus.
19. Cum autem tradent vos, nolite cogitare quomodo, aut quid loquamini: dabitur enim vobis in illa hora, quid loquamini:
20. non enim vos estis qui loquimini, sed Spiritus Patris vestri, qui loquitur in vobis.
21. Tradet autem frater fratrem in mortem, et pater filium: et insurgent filii in parentes, et morte eos afficient:
22. et eritis odio omnibus propter nomen meum: qui autem perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit.
23. Cum autem persequentur vos in civitate ista, fugite in aliam. Amen dico vobis, non consummabitis civitates Israël, donec veniat Filius hominis.
24. Non est discipulus super magistrum, nec servus super dominum suum:
25. sufficit discipulo ut sit sicut magister ejus, et servo, sicut dominus ejus. Si patremfamilias Beelzebub vocaverunt, quanto magis domesticos ejus?
26. Ne ergo timueritis eos. Nihil enim est opertum, quod non revelabitur: et occultum, quod non scietur.
27. Quod dico vobis in tenebris, dicite in lumine: et quod in aure auditis, prædicate super tecta.
28. Et nolite timere eos qui occidunt corpus, animam autem non possunt occidere: sed potius timete eum, qui potest et animam et corpus perdere in gehennam.
29. Nonne duo passeres asse veneunt? et unus ex illis non cadet super terram sine Patre vestro.
30. Vestri autem capilli capitis omnes numerati sunt.
31. Nolite ergo timere: multis passeribus meliores estis vos.
32. Omnis ergo qui confitebitur me coram hominibus, confitebor et ego eum coram Patre meo, qui in cælis est.
33. Qui autem negaverit me coram hominibus, negabo et ego eum coram Patre meo, qui in cælis est.
34. Nolite arbitrari quia pacem venerim mittere in terram: non veni pacem mittere, sed gladium:
35. veni enim separare hominem adversus patrem suum, et filiam adversus matrem suam, et nurum adversus socrum suam:
36. et inimici hominis, domestici ejus.
37. Qui amat patrem aut matrem plus quam me, non est me dignus: et qui amat filium aut filiam super me, non est me dignus.
38. Et qui non accipit crucem suam, et sequitur me, non est me dignus.
39. Qui invenit animam suam, perdet illam: et qui perdiderit animam suam propter me, inveniet eam.
40. Qui recipit vos, me recipit: et qui me recipit, recipit eum qui me misit.
41. Qui recipit prophetam in nomine prophetæ, mercedem prophetæ accipiet: et qui recipit justum in nomine justi, mercedem justi accipiet.
42. Et quicumque potum dederit uni ex minimis istis calicem aquæ frigidæ tantum in nomine discipuli: amen dico vobis, non perdet mercedem suam.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1509: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2121: "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2443: Love For the Poor ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1627: Matrimonial Consent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2122: "You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 764: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 728: The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2603: In the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1821: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 765: The Church in God's Plan ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1034: Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 363: Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 305: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1816: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 14: Structure of this Catechism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2145: The Name of the Lord is Holy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2232: The Family and the Kingdom ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1506: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 858: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Prefer nothing whatever to Christ.” — St. Benedict of Nursia, Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 4, c. 530 (On this theme: verse 37)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 16: “Simple” … That is, harmless, plain, sincere, and without guile.
- Verse 35: Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sat, Dec 5, 2026: Saturday of the First Week of Advent — Gospel, Matthew 9:35—10:1, 5a, 6-8
- Sat, Dec 26, 2026: St. Stephen, First Martyr — Gospel, Matthew 10:17-22
- Wed, Jul 7, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 10:1-7
- Thu, Jul 8, 2027 (computed): Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 10:7-15

11 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).