New TestamentMatthewSheep among Wolves · 10:16–2310:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
