Matthew 10:16-23

Persecution Will Come

16 aBehold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be bwise as serpents and cinnocent as doves. 17Beware of men, for dthey will deliver you over to courts and flog you ein their synagogues, 18 fand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, gto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 hWhen ithey deliver you over, jdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for kwhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 lFor it is not you who speak, but mthe Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 nBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 oand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. pBut the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23When they qpersecute you in one town, rflee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel sbefore the Son of Man comes.

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