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Matthew 10:16
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Persecutions Are Coming(A)

16 (B)“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. (C)Therefore be wise as serpents and (D)harmless[a] as doves.

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  1. Matthew 10:16 innocent
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Matthew 10:16
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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)

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Zephaniah 3:3
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3 (A)Her princes in her midst are roaring lions;
Her judges are (B)evening wolves
That leave not a bone till morning.

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Zephaniah 3:3
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3 Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;(A)
her rulers are evening wolves,(B)
    who leave nothing for the morning.(C)

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John 10:12
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12 But a [a]hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (A)leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

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  1. John 10:12 hired man
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John 10:12
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12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(A) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it.

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Acts 20:29
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29 For I know this, that after my departure (A)savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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Acts 20:29
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29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(A) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(B)

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