World English Bible
Matthew 10:16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
Verse in context — Matthew 10
14
Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.
15
Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
18
Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
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