Matthew 10:14-24

14 And if some home or town will not welcome you or listen to you, then leave that place and shake the dust off your feet. ¹

15 I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah than to the people of that town! ²

16 "Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves. ³

17 Watch out, for there will be those who will arrest you and take you to court, and they will whip you in the synagogues. ⁴

18 For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.

19 When they bring you to trial, do not worry about what you are going to say or how you will say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you will say.

20 For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

21 "People will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. ⁵

22 Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved. ⁶

23 When they persecute you in one town, run away to another one. I assure you that you will not finish your work in all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24 "No pupil is greater than his teacher; no slave is greater than his master. ⁷

Cross References

• 1. 10.14Acts 13.51.
• 2. 10.15 aMatthew 11.24; bGenesis 19.24-28.+O+N10.7-15Luke 10.4-12.
• 3. 10.16Luke 10.3.
• 4. 10.17-20Mark 13.9-11;Luke 12.11, 12; 21.12-15.
• 5. 10.21Mark 13.12;Luke 21.16.
• 6. 10.22 aMatthew 24.9;Mark 13.13;Luke 21.17; bMatthew 24.13;Mark 13.13.
• 7. 10.24 aLuke 6.40; bJohn 13.16; 15.20.