NgokukaMathewu 10:1-8

UJesu wayesebiza abafundi bakhe abali-12, wabanika igunya phezu komoya abangcolileyo, ukuze babakhiphe. Wabanika nelokuphulukisa izifo zonke nokugula konke. Nanka amagama abaphostoli abali-12: owokuqala nguSimoni okuthiwa nguPhethro, u-Andreya umfowabo, uJakobe noJohane umfowabo, amadodana kaZebedewu, uFiliphu, uBhartholomewu, uThomase, uMathewu umthelisi, uJakobe ka-Alifewu, uThadewu, uSimoni umKhanani, noJuda Iskariyothe, lo owakhaphela uJesu. Laba abali-12 wabathuma, wabayala wathi: “Ningayi kwabezizwe, ningangeni nasemzini wamaSamariya, kodwa yanini ezimvini ezilahlekileyo zendlu ka-Israyeli. Ekuhambeni kwenu shumayelani nithi: ‘Umbuso wezulu ususondele.’ Phulukisani abagulayo, nivuse abafileyo, nihlambulule abanochoko, nikhiphe amadimoni. Namukelisiwe ngesihle, yiphani ngesihle.