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16 “Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of the wolves. Therefore, be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

17 “But beware of men. For they will deliver you up to the councils and will scourge you in their synagogues.

18 “And you shall be brought to the governors and kings for My sake, in witness to them and to the Gentiles.

19 “But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak. For what you shall say will be given to you at that hour.

20 “For it is not you who speak. But the Spirit of your Father speaks in you.

21 “And the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son. And the children shall rise against their parents and shall cause them to die.

22 “And you shall be hated by all for My Name. But the one who endures to the end, he shall be saved.

23 “And when they persecute you in this city, flee into another. For truly I say to you, you shall not have completed all the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

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

25 “It is enough for the disciple to be as his master is, and the servant as his Lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

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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) 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils(C) and be flogged in the synagogues.(D) 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(E) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(F) At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(G) speaking through you.

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(H) and have them put to death.(I) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(J) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(K) 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.(L)

24 “The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.(M) 25 It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul,(N) how much more the members of his household!

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