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"1But when they hand you over, 2do not worry about howorwhat you are to say; for it will be given you in that hourwhat you are to say.
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"For 3it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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"4Brother will betraybrother to death, and a father his child; and 5children will rise up againstparents and cause them to be put to death.
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"6You will be hated by allbecause of My name, but 7it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
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"But whenever they 8persecute you in onecity, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel9until the Son of Mancomes.
The Meaning of Discipleship
24"10A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slaveabove his master.
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"It is enough for the disciple that he becomelike his teacher, and the slavelike his master. 11If they have called the head of the house12Beelzebul, howmuchmore will they malign the members of his household!
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"Therefore do not 13fear them, 14for there is nothingconcealed that will not be revealed, orhidden that will not be known.
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"15What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim16upon the housetops.
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"Do not fearthose who kill the body but are unable* to kill the soul; but rather17fear Him who is able to destroybothsoul and body in 18hell.
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"19Are not twosparrowssold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the groundapart from your Father.