Matthew 10:16–33 · BSB
10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
10:17
But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
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10:18
On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
10:19
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
10:20
For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
10:23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
10:24
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
10:26
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
10:32
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
10:33
But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
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