16. “See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
17. “But beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins and flog you in their congregations.
18. “And you shall be brought before governors and sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them and to the gentiles.
19. “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak,
20. for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
21. “And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death.
22. “And you shall be hated by all for My Name’s sake. But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.
23. “And when they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For truly, I say to you, you shall by no means have gone through the cities of Yisra’ĕl before the Son of Aḏam comes.
24. “A taught one is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
25. “It is enough for the taught one to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be‛elzebul, how much more those of his household!
26. “Therefore do not fear them. For whatever is covered shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be made known.
27. “What I say to you in the dark, speak in the light. And what you hear in the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.
28. “And do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the being. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both being and body in Gehenna.
29. “Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground without your Father.
30. “And even the hairs of your head are all numbered.