Matthew 10:16-25 - Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ Lo! I, send you forth as sheep amidst wolves; become ye therefore - prudent, as serpents, and simple, as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men; for they will deliver you up into high-councils, and, in their synagogues, will they scourge you, - ¹⁸ And, before both governor and kings, shall ye be brought, for my sake - for a witness to them and the nations. ¹⁹ And, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak, - for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak; ²⁰ For it is not, ye, who are speaking, but, the Spirit of your Father, that is speaking in you.

²¹ And, brother, will deliver up, brother, unto death, and, father, child, - and, children, will rise up, against parents, and will put them to death. ²² And ye will be hated by all, because of my name, - but, he that endureth throughout, the same, shall be saved. ²³ And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into another, - for, verily, I say unto you, in nowise shall ye finish the cities of Israel, till, he Son of Man, come. ²⁴ A, disciple, is not above, the teacher, nor, a servant, above, his lord: ²⁵ Sufficient for the disciple, that he become, as his teacher, and, the servant, as, his lord. If, the master of the house, Beelzebul, they called, how much more, the men of his house!

⁹ Then, will they deliver you up into tribulation, and will slay you, - and ye will be men hated by all the nations, because of my name ¹⁰ And, then, will many be caused to stumble, and, one another, will deliver up, and will hate one another; ¹¹ And, many false prophets, will arise, and deceive, many; ¹² And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold. ¹³ But, he that hath endured throughout, the same, shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this glad message of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the inhabited earth, for a witness unto all the nations, - and, then, will have come, the end.

⁹ A beginning of birth-pangs, are these things. But be, ye, taking heed, unto yourselves: they will deliver you up into high-councils, and, in synagogues, shall ye be beaten, - and, before governors and kings, shall ye be set, for my sake, for a witness unto them. ¹⁰ And, unto all the nations, first, must needs be proclaimed, the glad-message. ¹¹ And, when they are leading you, as they are delivering you up, be not beforehand anxious, what ye shall speak; but, whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, the same, speak, - for, ye, are not the speakers, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And, brother, will deliver up, brother, unto death, and, father, child, and, children, will rise up, against parents, and put them to death; ¹³ And ye will be men hated by all, because of my name; but, he that hath endured throughout, the same, shall be saved.

¹² And before, all these things, they will thrust upon you their hands, and persecute you, delivering you up into the synagogues and prisons, - when ye have been led away before kings and governors, for the sake of my name; ¹³ But it shall turn out to you for a witness. ¹⁴ Settle, then, in your hearts, not to be studying beforehand, how to make defense; ¹⁵ For, I, will give you a mouth and wisdom, which one-and-all who are setting themselves against, you shall be unable to withstand or gainsay. ¹⁶ But ye will be delivered up, even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends, and they will put to death some from among you; ¹⁷ And ye will be hated by all, because of my name: ¹⁸ And, a hair of your head, in nowise shall perish, - ¹⁹ By your endurance, shall ye gain your lives for a possession.

¹ These things, have I spoken unto you, that ye may not be caused to stumble: ² Excommunicants from the synagogue, will they make you; Nay! there cometh an hour, that, every one who killeth you, shall think to be rendering, divine service, unto God! ³ And, these things, will they do, because they got to know, neither the Father nor me. ⁴ But, these things, have I told you, - That, whensoever their hour shall come, ye may remember, that, thereof, I told you. These things, however, I told you not, from the beginning, because I was, with you;