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聖瑪竇福音 Matthew 9:36—10:8
那時候，耶穌一見到群眾，就對他們動了慈心，因為他們困苦流離，好像沒有牧人的羊。於是，耶穌對自己的門徒說：「莊稼多，工人少，所以，你們應當求莊稼的主人，派遣工人，來收割他的莊稼。」 耶穌將他的十二門徒叫來，授予他們制伏邪魔的權柄，可以驅逐邪魔，醫治各種病症，各種疾苦。這是十二宗徒的名字：第一個是稱為伯多祿的西滿，和他的兄弟安德肋，載伯德的兒子雅各伯，和他的弟弟若望，斐理伯和巴爾多祿茂，多默和稅吏瑪竇，阿耳斐的兒子雅各伯和達陡，熱誠者西滿，和負賣耶穌的猶達斯依斯加略。耶穌派遣這十二人，囑咐他們說：「外邦人的路，你們不要走；撒瑪黎雅人的城，你們不要進；你們寧可往以色列家迷失了的羊那裡去。你們在路上，應宣講說：天國臨近了。病人，你們要治好；死人，你們要復活；痲瘋病人，你們要潔淨；魔鬼，你們要驅逐；你們白白得來的，也要白白分施。」──上主的話。
At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon 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 Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
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