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Matthew 10:19–20

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19But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak.d For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20because it isn’t you speaking, but the Spirite of your Father is speaking through you.f

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Cross references

  1. dEx 4:12; Nm 23:5; Dt 18:18; Mt 6:25
  2. ePs 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5
  3. fLk 12:12; Ac 4:8; 13:9; 2Co 13:3

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

NLTNew Living Translation

When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God will give you the right words at the right time. For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But whenever they hand you over, do not be anxious how to speak or what you should say, for what you should say will be given to you at that hour. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking through you.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.