page_title: Matthew 10
section_title: Textual witnesses
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew 10 / Text / Textual witnesses
caption_attribution_description: English: page of the codex with text of Matthew 10:17-11:5
context_page_description: Matthew 10 is the tenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Matthew 10 comes after Jesus had called some of his disciples and before the meeting with the disciples of John the Baptist. This section is also known as the Mission Discourse or the Little Commission, in contrast to the Great Commission. The Little Commission is directed specifically to the Jewish believers of the early church, while the Great Commission is to all nationalities. The Pulpit Commentary suggests that Jesus' message in this discourse "was hardly likely to have been remembered outside Jewish Christian circles".
  Matthew names the twelve apostles, or "twelve disciples", in verses 1 to 4 and the remainder of the chapter consists almost entirely of sayings attributed to Jesus. In this chapter, Jesus sends out the apostles to heal and preach throughout the region and gives them careful instruction. Many of the sayings found in Matthew 10 are also found in Luke 10 and the Gospel of Thomas, which is not part of the accepted canon of the New Testament.
context_section_description: Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:
  Papyrus 110 (3rd/4th century; extant verses 13–15, 25–27)
  Uncial 0171 (~300; extant verses 17–23, 25–32)
  Codex Vaticanus (325–350)
  Codex Sinaiticus (330–360; complete)
  Codex Bezae (~400)
  Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450; complete)
  Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century)
caption: Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330–360), Matthew 10:17–11:15
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