July 17, 2016

Persecution Will Come

¹⁶ “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, ¹⁸ and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. ¹⁹ When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. ²¹ Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ²² and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³ When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant^[a] above his master. ²⁵ It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign^[b] those of his household.

Have No Fear

²⁶ “So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. ²⁷ What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. ²⁸ And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.^{[c] 29} Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?^[d] And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. ³⁰ But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. ³² So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, ³³ but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

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Footnotes

Matthew 10:24 Or bondservant; also verse 25 Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign Matthew 10:28 Greek Gehenna Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion, Roman copper coin worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)

Cross references

Matthew 10:16 : Luke 10:3; [John 17:18] Matthew 10:16 : Gen. 3:1 Matthew 10:16 : Rom. 16:19 (Gk.); Phil. 2:15; [1 Cor. 14:20] Matthew 10:17 : See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12 Matthew 10:17 : See ch. 23:34 Matthew 10:18 : [See ver. 17 above]; See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12 Matthew 10:18 : See ch. 8:4 Matthew 10:19 : [See ver. 17 above]; See Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12 Matthew 10:19 : For ver. 19-22, [Mark 13:11-13; Luke 21:12-19; 2 Tim. 4:16, 17] Matthew 10:19 : See ch. 6:25 Matthew 10:19 : Deut. 18:18; [Num. 23:5]; See Ex. 4:12 Matthew 10:20 : Luke 12:12; Acts 4:8; 6:10; 13:9; 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 13:3; [ver. 40; 1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:1] Matthew 10:20 : [John 15:26] Matthew 10:21 : ver. 35, 36 Matthew 10:22 : ch. 24:9; John 15:18-21 Matthew 10:22 : ch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6 Matthew 10:23 : ch. 23:34 Matthew 10:23 : [ch. 12:15; Acts 8:1; 9:25, 30; 14:6; 17:10, 14] Matthew 10:23 : ch. 16:28 Matthew 10:24 : Luke 6:40; John 13:16; 15:20; [Heb. 12:3] Matthew 10:25 : ch. 9:34; 12:24; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15; See John 7:20 Matthew 10:26 : Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17; [1 Tim. 5:25]; For ver. 26-33, see Luke 12:2-9 Matthew 10:27 : See Luke 5:19 Matthew 10:28 : Isa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14 Matthew 10:28 : James 4:12 Matthew 10:30 : See 1 Sam. 14:45 Matthew 10:31 : ch. 6:26; 12:12 Matthew 10:32 : [Rom. 10:9, 10; Heb. 10:35; Rev. 3:5] Matthew 10:33 : 2 Tim. 2:12; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:23; [Mark 8:38] Matthew 10:33 : ch. 7:23; 25:12; Luke 13:25

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