Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye should speak, for it will be given you in that hour what ye will speak.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
20For ye are not who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
Cross References
Exodus 4:12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shall speak.
Jeremiah 1:7But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.
Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.
Matthew 6:31Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear?
Mark 13:11But when they lead you, delivering you up, be not anxious before what ye might speak, nor meditate. But whatever may be given you in that hour, speak ye this, for ye are not who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will throw their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →