Matthew 10:16–25
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Persecutions Predicted
16“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves. r17Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins sand flog you in their •synagogues, tbeware of them. 18You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations. u19But when they hand you over, don’t worry about how or what you should speak. vFor you will be given what to say at that hour, 20because you are not speaking, but the Spirit wof your Father is speaking through you. x
21“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death. y22You will be hated by everyone because of My name. zBut the one who endures to the end will be delivered. ab23When they persecute you in one town, escape to another. cFor I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the •Son of Man comes. 24A disciple dis not above his teacher, or a •slave above his master. e25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘•Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household! f
Footnotes
- s10:17 Local Jewish courts or local councils
- •This is a place where the Jewish people met for prayer, worship, and teaching of the Scriptures.
- a10:22 Or saved
- •Most frequent title Jesus used for Himself (Dn 7:13; Mt 8:20)
- d10:24 Or student
- •The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English as servant or bond servant; the HCSB translates this word as slave, not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire’s inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.
- •A term of slander, which was variously interpreted “lord of flies,” “lord of dung,” or “ruler of demons”
Cross references
- r10:16 Gn 3:1; Lk 10:3; Rm 16:19; Php 2:15
- t10:17 Mk 13:9, 11; Lk 12:11–12; Ac 5:40; 26:11
- u10:18 Mt 28:19; Rm 1:5; Gl 1:16
- v10:19 Ex 4:12; Nm 23:5; Dt 18:18; Mt 6:25
- w10:20 Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5
- x10:20 Lk 12:12; Ac 4:8; 13:9; 2Co 13:3
- y10:21 Mc 7:6; Mt 10:35–36; Mk 13:12
- z10:22 Mt 24:9; Lk 21:17; Jn 15:18
- b10:22 Mt 24:13; Mk 13:13; Jn 12:12–13
- c10:23 Mt 12:15; Ac 8:1; 9:25; 14:6; 17:10
- e10:24 Lk 6:40; Jn 13:16; 15:20
- f10:25 2Kg 1:2; Mt 12:24, 27; Mk 3:22; Lk 11:15, 18–19
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