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Matthew 10:16-25

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Persecution Will Come

16 1"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be 2wise as serpents and 3innocent as doves.
17 Beware of men, for 4they will deliver you over to courts and flog you 5in their synagogues,
18 6and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, 7to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.
19 8When 9they deliver you over, 10do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for 11what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
20 12For it is not you who speak, but 13the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 14Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
22 15and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. 16But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
23 When they 17persecute you in one town, 18flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel 19before the Son of Man comes.
24 20"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant[a] above his master.
25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. 21If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign[b] those of his household.
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Cross References 21

  • 1. Luke 10:3; [John 17:18]
  • 2. Genesis 3:1
  • 3. Romans 16:19(Gk.); Philippians 2:15; [1 Corinthians 14:20]
  • 4. See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12
  • 5. See Matthew 23:34
  • 6. [See ver. 17 above]
  • 7. See Matthew 8:4
  • 8. [See ver. 17 above]
  • 9. For ver. 19-22, [Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-19; 2 Timothy 4:16, 17]
  • 10. See Matthew 6:25
  • 11. Deuteronomy 18:18; [Numbers 23:5]; See Exodus 4:12
  • 12. Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; Acts 6:10; Acts 13:9; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 13:3; [ver. 40; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 1:1]
  • 13. [John 15:26]
  • 14. ver. 35, 36
  • 15. Matthew 24:9; John 15:18-21
  • 16. Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Daniel 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Revelation 2:10]; See Hebrews 3:6
  • 17. Matthew 23:34
  • 18. [Matthew 12:15; Acts 8:1; Acts 9:25, 30; Acts 14:6; Acts 17:10, 14]
  • 19. Matthew 16:28
  • 20. Luke 6:40; John 13:16; John 15:20; [Hebrews 12:3]
  • 21. Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; See John 7:20

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Greek bondservant; also verse 25
  • [b]. Greek lacks will they malign
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