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Matthew 10:16

Persecutions Predicted

16 Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. r

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Matthew 10:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

Matthew 10:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 “I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as cunning as snakes but as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 “Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.


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