Matthew 10:16-20

New American Standard Bible

A Hard Road Ahead of Them

¹⁶ “^(A)Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as ^(B)wary as serpents, and as ^(C)innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to the ^(D)courts and flog you ^(E)in their synagogues; ¹⁸ and you will even be brought before governors and kings on My account, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ^19 (F)But when they hand you over, ^(G)do not worry about how or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given you in that hour. ²⁰ For ^(H)it is not you who are speaking, but it is the Spirit of your Father who is speaking ^[a]in you.