Matthew 10:16-20

A Hard Road before Them

16 "¹Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be ²shrewd as serpents and ³innocent as doves.

17 "But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the ⁴courts and scourge you ⁵in their synagogues;

18 and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19 "⁶But when they hand you over, ⁷do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.

20 "For ⁸it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

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Cross References 8

1. Luke 10:3
2. Genesis 3:1; Matthew 24:25; Romans 16:19
3. Hosea 7:11
4. Matthew 5:22
5. Matthew 23:34; Mark 13:9; Luke 12:11; Acts 5:40; Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11
6. Matthew 10:19-22: {Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-17}
7. Matthew 6:25; Luke 12:11, 12
8. Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; Acts 13:9; 2 Corinthians 13:3

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "show yourselves to be"

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