Luke 10:3
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3 Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.(A)
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Matthew 10:16
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Coming Persecutions
16 “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.(A)
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Acts 20:29
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29 I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.(A)
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Matthew 7:15
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A Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.(A)
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John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.(A)
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Ezekiel 2:3-6
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3 He said to me, “Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel, to a nation[a] of rebels who have rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have transgressed against me to this very day.(A) 4 The descendants are impudent and stubborn. I am sending you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’(B) 5 Whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are a rebellious house), they shall know that there has been a prophet among them.(C) 6 And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.(D)
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- 2.3 Syr: Heb to nations
Acts 9:2
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2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
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John 16:2
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2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.(A)
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John 10:12
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12 The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.(A)
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Matthew 10:22
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22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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Zephaniah 3:3
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3 The officials within it
are roaring lions;
its judges are evening wolves
that leave nothing until the morning.(A)
Psalm 22:21
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Psalm 22:12-16
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12 Many bulls encircle me;
strong bulls of Bashan surround me;(A)
13 they open wide their mouths at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.(B)
14 I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
it is melted within my breast;(C)
15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.(D)
16 For dogs are all around me;
a company of evildoers encircles me;
they bound my hands and feet.[b](E)
Acts 9:16
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16 I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”(A)
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