¹⁶^*“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves. ¹⁷^*Watch out, for there will be those who will arrest you and take you to court, and they will whip you in the synagogues. ¹⁸^*For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹^*When they bring you to trial, do not worry about what you are going to say or how you will say it; when the time comes, you will be given what you will say. ²⁰^*For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

²¹^*“Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children; children will turn against their parents and have them put to death. ²²^*Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved. ²³When they persecute you in one town, run away to another one. I assure you that you will not finish your work in all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

²⁴^*“No pupil is greater than his teacher; no slave is greater than his master. ²⁵^*So a pupil should be satisfied to become like his teacher, and a slave like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul, the members of the family will be called even worse names!

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Cross references

*10.16: Lk 10:3
*10.17–20: Mk 13:9–11; Lk 12:11, 12; 21:12–15
*10.17–20: Mk 13:9–11; Lk 12:11, 12; 21:12–15
*10.17–20: Mk 13:9–11; Lk 12:11, 12; 21:12–15
*10.17–20: Mk 13:9–11; Lk 12:11, 12; 21:12–15
*10.21: Mk 13:12; Lk 21:16
*10.22 a: Mt 24:9; Mk 13:13; Lk 21:17 10.22 b: Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13
*10.24 a: Lk 6:40 10.24 b: Jn 13:16; 15:20
*10.25: Mt 9:34; 12:24; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15