ISB ~ Matthew 10 v1 - 11

The second major discourse in Matthew (see outline). Jesus selects twelve apostles and delivers a “missionary sermon” before sending them to the surrounding Galilean villages and charging them to preach that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (10:7; cf. 3:2; 4:17). Jesus confers on the apostles the same authority of healing and exorcism displayed during his early ministry (10:1, 8; cf. 4:23, 24; 9:35).