Matthew 10:11-23

New King James Version

^11 (A)“Now whatever city or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go out. ¹² And when you go into a household, greet it. ^13 (B)If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. ^(C)But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ^14 (D)And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, ^(E)shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Assuredly, I say to you, ^(F)it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

Persecutions Are Coming^(G)

^16 (H)“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. ^(I)Therefore be wise as serpents and ^(J)harmless^[a] as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for ^(K)they will deliver you up to councils and ^(L)scourge you in their synagogues. ^18 (M)You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ^19 (N)But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For ^(O)it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; ^20 (P)for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

^21 (Q)“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And ^(R)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ^(S)But he who endures to the end will be saved. ^23 (T)When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have ^(U)gone through the cities of Israel ^(V)before the Son of Man comes.