Persecutions Predicted

16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.(A) 17 Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts[a] and flog you in their synagogues.(B) 18 You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.(C) 19 But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak.(D) For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20 because it isn’t you speaking, but the Spirit(E) of your Father is speaking through you.(F)

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.(G) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of my name.(H) But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(I) 23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to another.(J) For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 A disciple[b] is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.(K) 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!(L)

Fear God

26 “Therefore,(M) don’t be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won’t be uncovered and nothing hidden that won’t be made known.(N) 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[c] proclaim on the housetops.(O) 28 Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; (P) rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.(Q) 29 Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny?[d] Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s(R) consent.[e] 30 But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.(S) 31 So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.(T)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:17 Or sanhedrins
  2. 10:24 Or student
  3. 10:27 Lit in the ear
  4. 10:29 Gk assarion, a small copper coin
  5. 10:29 Lit ground apart from your Father

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