Sheep among Wolves

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

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17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

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

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19 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.

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20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

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21 And 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.

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22 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

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24 The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.

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25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?

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