SinaiMatthew 10:16
World English Bible
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Matthew 10:16 in other translations
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:16 in context
- 14Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.
- 15Most 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 among wolves. Therefore be 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.
- 18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.