Matthew 10:16–31

^16aBehold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore ^bwise as serpents, and ^||harmless as doves. ¹⁷But beware of men: for ^cthey will deliver you up to the ^dgcouncils, and ^ethey will scourge you in their ^gsynagogues; ¹⁸And ye shall be brought before ^fgovernors and kings for my sake, ^fffor a testimony against them and the Gentiles. ^19gBut when they deliver you up, ^htake no thought how or what ye shall speak: ⁱfor it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. ^20kFor it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. ^21lAnd the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. ^22mAnd ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: ⁿbut he that endureth to the end shall be saved. ²³But when they ⁿⁿpersecute you in this city, ^oflee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not ^||have gone over the cities of Israel, ^ptill the Son of man be come. ^24qThe disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. ^rIf they have called the master of the house ^†Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? ²⁶Fear them not therefore: ^sfor there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. ²⁷What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. ²⁸And ^tfear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather ^ufear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in ^xhell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a ^||farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. ³⁰But ^ythe very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Fear ye not therefore, ^zye are of more value than many sparrows.