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See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
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But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;
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And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
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But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;
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Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
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And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
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And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
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But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.