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

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16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(A) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

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18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

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16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,(A) and they will put some of you to death.

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16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

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20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’[a](A) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.(B) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:20 John 13:16

20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

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They will put you out of the synagogue;(A) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.(B)

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They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

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