Persecution Will Come
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o "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be p wise as serpents and q innocent as doves.
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Beware of men, for r they will deliver you over to courts and flog you s in their synagogues,
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r and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, t to bear witness before them and the Gentiles.
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r When u they deliver you over, v do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for w what you are to say will be given to you in that hour.
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x For it is not you who speak, but y the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
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z Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
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a and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. b But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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When they c persecute you in one town, d flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel e before the Son of Man comes.
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f "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
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It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. g If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
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Luke 10:3
Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
John 17:18
As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
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Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?
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Romans 16:19
For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.
Philippians 2:15
That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
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Mark 13:9
But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
Mark 13:11
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 12:11 - 12
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say.
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Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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Matthew 8:4
And Jesus said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.
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Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues.
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Matthew 10:19 - 22
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.
Mark 13:11 - 13
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12 - 19
But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
2 Timothy 4:16 - 17
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
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Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
Exodus 4:12
Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
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Luke 12:12
For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very...
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said t...
Acts 6:10
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the...
Acts 13:9
But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with...
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his...
2 Corinthians 13:3
Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in...
Matthew 10:40
Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever r...
1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also thank God constantly for this, that...
Hebrews 1:1
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God s...
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John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
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Matthew 10:35 - 36
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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Matthew 24:9
Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
John 15:18 - 21
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
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Matthew 24:13
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:13
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake...
Daniel 12:12 - 13
Blessed is he who waits and arrives at the 1,33...
James 5:11
Behold, we consider those blessed who remained ...
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behol...
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful over God's house as a so...
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Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
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Matthew 12:15
Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And ...
Acts 8:1
And Saul approved of his execution. And there a...
Acts 9:25
But his disciples took him by night and let him...
Acts 9:30
And when the brothers learned this, they brough...
Acts 14:6
They learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe...
Acts 17:10
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas aw...
Acts 17:14
Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on ...
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Matthew 16:28
Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
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Luke 6:40
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
John 13:16
Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
Hebrews 12:3
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
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Matthew 9:34
But the Pharisees said, "He casts out demons by the prince of demons.
Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.
Mark 3:22
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.
Luke 11:15
But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons.
John 7:20
The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?
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