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Behold, Isendyouforthassheepin the midst of wolves: be yethereforewiseasserpents,andharmless[a]asdoves.
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Butbewareofmen:for they will deliveryouupto the councils,and they will scourgeyouintheirsynagogues;
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And ye shall be broughtbeforegovernorsand*kings for mysake,for a testimony against themand the Gentiles.
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Butwhen they deliveryouup, takenothoughthoworwhat ye shall speak: for it shall be givenyouin that samehourwhat ye shall speak.
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For it isnotye that speak, but the Spirit of yourFatherwhichspeakethinyou.
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And the brother shall deliver up the brothertodeath,and the father the child:and the children shall rise upagainst their parents,andcausethem to be put to death.
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And ye shall be hatedofall men formy name's sake:but he thatendurethto the end shall be saved.