Matthew 10

Which worship songs are based on Matthew 10?

  1. Kingdom Skank — Guvna B (2008) Matthew 10:1-4

    The repeated counting sequence explicitly identifies Jesus' group of twelve disciples. Matthew introduces these twelve disciples and then lists their names; the song recalls their number without recounting their commissioning.

  2. Aretha (Remix) — 1K Phew, Kijan Boone & BigBreeze (2025) Matthew 10:1-4

    The reference to disciples numbering twelve unmistakably invokes Jesus’ appointment of the twelve apostles, even though the rapper distinguishes his own circle from that group.

  3. Apostle Me — ApologetiX (2010) Matthew 10:2-4

    The apostolic roll call closely adapts Matthew’s list of the Twelve, including Peter’s alternate name and Thaddaeus. It incorporates additional naming traditions; the identification of Nathanael with Bartholomew is not explicitly established in Scripture.

  4. Holy Spirit — Beckah Shae (2008) Matthew 10:8

    The bridge closely adapts Jesus’ commission to his disciples, naming healing, resurrection, and exorcism in the same sequence. The song presents these works as expressions of divine empowerment.

  5. The Great Overcomer — Aaron Shust (2015) Matthew 10:8

    The second verse pairs healing the sick with raising the dead, closely reproducing two specific works Jesus commissions his disciples to perform. The song presents these works as expressions of divine power within his people.

  6. One Day At A Time — Jason Crabb (2009) Matthew 10:14

    The gesture of shaking off dust when leaving a place recalls Jesus’ instruction to his disciples as they departed an unwelcoming house or town. The song repurposes that distinctive biblical gesture as an image of leaving a troubled past behind.

  7. Patriot Party — Bryson Gray (2021) Matthew 10:14

    The act of removing dust from one’s sandals directly recalls Jesus’ instruction to disciples departing from a community that refuses their message.

  8. White Owl — Josh Garrels (2011) Matthew 10:16

    The pairing of serpent and dove unmistakably adapts Jesus’s instruction to combine serpentine wisdom with dove-like innocence. The song’s setting of a dangerous mission reinforces the connection to Jesus sending out his disciples.

  9. Rooftops — Fellowship Creative (2013) Matthew 10:27

    The repeated commitment to proclaim the message publicly from rooftops echoes Jesus’s instruction to his disciples to announce openly what he has taught them.

  10. Rooftops — Jesus Culture (2014) Matthew 10:27

    The chorus adapts Jesus’ instruction to proclaim publicly from housetops what his disciples have heard privately. That distinctive setting connects the song’s public declaration of faith to this passage.

  11. Uncaged — Behold the Beloved (2022) Matthew 10:27

    The rooftop-proclamation imagery recalls Jesus' instruction that his disciples publicly announce what he has disclosed to them privately. The surrounding emphasis on an outspoken Christian message strengthens the connection.

  12. Droppin' on the Sun — ApologetiX (2010) Matthew 10:28

    The song explicitly identifies this verse as evidence for its warning about hell. The passage contrasts those who can kill the body with the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell; the song's rejection of annihilation is an interpretation rather than a quotation of that claim.

  13. (Don't Fear) the People — ApologetiX (2020) Matthew 10:28

    The third verse closely paraphrases Jesus’ distinction between persecutors who can kill only the body and God, whose authority extends beyond physical death and judgment.

  14. In the Night — Saint (2011) Matthew 10:28

    The closing exhortation links resistance to death with refusing fear for the soul, recalling Jesus’ distinction between those who can kill the body and those who cannot kill the soul. This specific combination of death, the soul, and fear supports the connection, although the song does not reproduce the verse’s full teaching.

  15. The maker of them all — Guy Penrod (2010) Matthew 10:29

    The chorus invokes Jesus’ teaching that a sparrow’s fall does not occur apart from the Father’s awareness and care. The specific image of a falling sparrow points to Matthew’s account rather than merely to a general theme of divine attention.

  16. His Eye Is on the Sparrow — Casting Crowns (2017) Matthew 10:29-31

    The central sparrow image directly recalls Jesus' teaching that even an inexpensive bird does not fall beyond the Father's knowledge and that his disciples are therefore not forgotten.

  17. Jireh — Elevation Worship (2021) Matthew 10:29-31

    The bridge closely follows Jesus’ teaching that God adorns the lilies and attends to sparrows, using his care for them as assurance of his greater care for people.

  18. Sparrow — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2025) Matthew 10:29-31

    The song references God's care for sparrows, which directly quotes the teaching that not one sparrow falls to the ground without the Father's knowledge, emphasizing His attentive providence.

  19. You Know Everything (Psalm 139) - Live — Shane & Shane & Kingdom Kids (2022) Matthew 10:29-30

    The paired references to a small bird falling under divine notice and God knowing every hair closely reproduce Jesus' teaching about the Father's detailed providential care, though the song substitutes a swallow for a sparrow.

  20. His Eye Is on the Sparrow — Jess Ray (2024) Matthew 10:29-31

    The song closely echoes Jesus’ teaching that sparrows remain under the Father’s care and uses that fact to assure the believer of God’s attentive providence.

  21. Sure As — Brian Courtney Wilson (2020) Matthew 10:29-31

    God's care for sparrows and his clothing of the field's lilies directly combine two images from Jesus' teaching about the Father's detailed providence.

  22. Somebody Set Me Free — Jamie MacDonald (2026) Matthew 10:29-31

    The bridge invokes the sparrow as an image of God’s attentive care, echoing Jesus’ teaching that even sparrows remain under the Father’s notice. The wording also directly recalls the gospel hymn derived from this passage.

  23. Jireh - Live From Passion 2022 — Passion & Maverick City Music (2022) Matthew 10:29-31

    The appeal to God's clothing of lilies and attention to sparrows directly combines two teachings of Jesus that reason from God's care for lesser creatures to his greater care for people.

  24. His Eye Is on the Sparrow — Newsboys (2014) Matthew 10:29-31

    The recurring sparrow imagery directly invokes Jesus’ teaching that even these small birds remain under the Father’s care. The song follows the passage’s reasoning by drawing personal assurance from God’s attention to sparrows.

  25. Plans — David Leonard (2023) Matthew 10:29-31

    The sparrow imagery follows Jesus' reasoning that the Father attends even to small birds and therefore cares still more deeply for his people.

  26. Sparrows — Jason Gray (2016) Matthew 10:29-31

    The sparrow functions as Jesus’ specific image of a small, inexpensive creature that nevertheless remains under the Father’s attentive providence.

  27. Loyal Til The End (feat. Jon Keith) — KB & Jon Keith (2020) Matthew 10:29-31

    The sparrow image invokes Jesus' teaching that God notices even small birds and therefore remains attentive to his people. The reference supports KB's confidence in divine care during deprivation.

  28. God Is It True (Trust Me) — Steven Curtis Chapman (2009) Matthew 10:30

    The reference to God counting the hairs on a person's head closely adapts Jesus' teaching about God's detailed knowledge and care.

  29. How It All Matters — Bethany Barnard (2021) Matthew 10:30

    The appeal to God's knowledge of every hair directly invokes Jesus' assurance that even the smallest details of a person's life are numbered by God.

  30. I See You — Forever Jones (2012) Matthew 10:30

    The bridge closely adapts Jesus’ assurance that God has counted every hair on a person's head, emphasizing intimate divine care. The same teaching appears in Luke 12:7; the lyrics do not distinguish between these parallel accounts.

  31. All That Matters — Colton Dixon (2017) Matthew 10:30-31

    The description of God counting every hair closely follows Jesus' assurance that God's detailed knowledge demonstrates each person's value to him.

  32. Intimacy — Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser (2011) Matthew 10:30

    The description of God numbering each strand of hair directly adapts Jesus' assurance of God's detailed knowledge and care. Luke 12:7 contains the same teaching.

  33. Kingdom at Hand — Bryson Gray (2022) Matthew 10:32-33

    The accusation against believers who deny God publicly recalls Jesus’ warning about acknowledging or denying him before other people.

  34. Narrow Path — Bryson Gray (2021) Matthew 10:32-33

    Gray explicitly resolves not to disown Christ publicly, closely reflecting Jesus’ warning about acknowledging or denying him before other people.

  35. Bold as Lions — Bryson Gray (2021) Matthew 10:32-33

    The warning against publicly denying God closely follows Jesus’ teaching about acknowledging or denying Him before others and the corresponding response before the Father.

  36. Keep Quiet — BarlowGirl (2007) Matthew 10:32-33

    The song asks whether Jesus would refuse to acknowledge someone who avoids acknowledging Him publicly. This closely adapts Jesus’s warning that acknowledging or denying Him before others has a corresponding consequence before His Father.

  37. False Teachers — Bryson Gray (2020) Matthew 10:33

    The question about publicly denying God invokes Jesus' warning that he will deny before the Father those who deny him before other people.

  38. Middle Finger Messiah — Stryper (2020) Matthew 10:34

    The chorus paraphrases Jesus' declaration that his coming would bring a sword rather than peace, presenting his claims as a source of division and decision rather than comfortable affirmation.

  39. Dancing in the Minefields — Andrew Peterson (2014) Matthew 10:39

    The third verse closely adapts Jesus’ paradox that losing one’s life leads to finding it. Peterson applies this teaching to the surrender of self-centeredness within marriage, while the biblical passage speaks specifically of losing one’s life for Jesus’ sake.

  40. Why It Matters — Sara Groves (2025) Matthew 10:42

    The closing image of offering one cup of water recalls Jesus' teaching that even this small act of care has lasting significance.

Matthew 10 (King James Version)

1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,

10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.