Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

Wow Matthew goes off on this one. Mark and Luke give it the same small section of six or so verses, but Matthew gives it a whole chapter. This is when Jesus tells the apostles to go out on their own and to preach the good news. When he sends them he tells them to only preach to the Jews, and to go without taking any provisions with them (such as food or spare clothes), but instead to rely on the Lord to provide for them through those to whom they minister. I am guessing that the Zealots at this point got a little fired up as Jesus talks about fighting;

"Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! No, I came to bring a sword."

However, he goes on to focus on loving others, especially those in the church.