14 (A)And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, (B)shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Assuredly, I say to you, (C)it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

Persecutions Are Coming(D)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:16 innocent

14 And whoever does not receive you nor listen to your words, as you leave that house or city, (A)shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I say to you, (B)it will be more tolerable for the land of (C)Sodom and Gomorrah on (D)the day of judgment, than for that city.

A Hard Road Ahead of Them

16 (E)Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as (F)wary as serpents, and as (G)innocent as doves.

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14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.(A) 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah(B) on the day of judgment(C) than for that town.(D)

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(E) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(F)

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