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"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
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Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Goyim.
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But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
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For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
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"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
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But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Yisra'el, until the Son of Man has come.
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"A talmid is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
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It is enough for the talmid that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his household!
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Therefore don't be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.