SinaiMatthew 10:16
American Standard Version
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Matthew 10:16 in other translations
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 in context
- 14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.
- 15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.
- 16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- 17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;
- 18yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.