Matthew 10:16-25 - Persecution Of Disciples Predicted

¹⁶ Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the sanhedrins, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the nations. ¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. And the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death. ²² And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe. ²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, In no way shall you have finished the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. ²⁴ A disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he is like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

⁹ Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted and will kill you. And you will be hated of all nations for My name's sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, and will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets will rise and deceive many. ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will become cold. ¹³ But he who endures to the end, the same shall be kept safe. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all nations. And then the end shall come.

⁹ But take heed to yourselves. For they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins, and in the synagogues you shall be beaten. And you shall be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them. ¹⁰ And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations. ¹¹ But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And a brother will betray a brother to death, and a father his son. And children will rise up against their parents and will cause them to be put to death. ¹³ And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he enduring to the end, that one will be kept safe.

¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake. ¹³ And it shall return to you for a testimony. ¹⁴ Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. ¹⁶ And you shall be betrayed also by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends. And they will cause some of you to be put to death. ¹⁷ And you shall be hated by all for My name's sake. ¹⁸ But there shall not a hair of your head perish. ¹⁹ By your patience you will gain your souls.

¹ I have spoken these things to you so that you should not be offended. ² They shall put you out of the synagogue. But an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think that he bears God service. ³ And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. ⁴ But I have told you these things so that when the hour shall come you may remember that I told you of them. And I did not say these things to you at the beginning because I was with you.