New King James Version NKJV
New International Version NIV
15 Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah 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 out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be 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 councils and 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 You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to 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, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should 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 you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against 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 you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will 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.
23 When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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“The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
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