King James Version KJV
New International Version NIV
12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
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As you enter the home, give it your greeting.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
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If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.
14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
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If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
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Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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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“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
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Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.
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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On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
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But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
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for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
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You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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