Matthew 10:23
Now when they persecute you in one city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you will not have exhausted all the cities of Israel, before the Son of man returns.
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In The King James Version
In Context
24The disciple is not above the teacher, nor is the servant above his master.
Cross References
Matthew 4:12And when Jesus had heard that John had been handed over, he withdrew into Galilee.
Matthew 16:28Amen I say to you, there are some among those standing here, who shall not taste death, until they see the Son of man arriving in his reign.”
Matthew 24:27For just as lightning goes out from the east, and appears even in the west, so shall it be also at the advent of the Son of man.
Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’
Matthew 26:64Jesus said to him: “You have said it. Yet truly I say to you, hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
Luke 4:29And they rose up and drove him beyond the city. And they brought him all the way to the edge of the mount, upon which their city had been built, so that they might throw him down violently.
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 →