MATTHEW 10 16-26

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16 - “Listen, I’m sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents, and as harmless as doves. {In thought, word and deed. And to be harmless is to be wise.} 17 Beware of man. For they will deliver you over to courts and even have you flogged. 18 You’ll be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the nations. 19 When they deliver you over, don’t worry about what you should say. For what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 For it’s not you who speaks, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks through you. {Especially if we have a harmless soul/heart.} 21 Brother will betray brother over to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and have them put to death. 22 You’ll be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved [sózó - to save, heal, preserve, rescue; from a primary word σώος (sóos), meaning safe, or sound].

     23 If they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly I tell you, you will not have completed all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.  [Daniel 7:13 - In the night visions I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. Matthew 27:21,22 - Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven {on that day} but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord’..]

     24 “A disciple isn’t above their teacher, nor a servant above their master. 25 It’s enough for the disciple to be like their teacher, and the servant like their master. {Worker identified with employer.} If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household? 26 But have no fear of them. For nothing is covered over, that won’t be revealed, or hidden, that won’t be made known.

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