Matthew 10:16-23
Persecution Will Come
16 a“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be bwise as serpents and cinnocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for athey will deliver you over to courts and flog you bin their synagogues, 18 aand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, bto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 aWhen bthey deliver you over, cdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for dwhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 aFor it is not you who speak, but bthe Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 aBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 aand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. bBut the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they apersecute you in one town, bflee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel cbefore the Son of Man comes.
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