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Matthew 10:18–19

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18rand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, tto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19rWhen uthey deliver you over, vdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for wwhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour.

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  1. r[See ver. 17 above]
  2. tSee ch. 8:4
  3. r[See ver. 17 above]
  4. uFor ver. 19–22, [Mark 13:11–13; Luke 21:12–19; 2 Tim. 4:16, 17]
  5. vSee ch. 6:25
  6. wDeut. 18:18; [Num. 23:5]; See Ex. 4:12

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles. But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you are to speak. For you will be given what to say at that hour,

NLTNew Living Translation

You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about me. 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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will be brought before both governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles. 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 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.