Matthew 10:19
But when they put you on trial, don't worry about how you should speak or what you should say, because you'll be told what to say at the right time.
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20For it isn't you who will speak but the Spirit of the Father will speak through you.
Cross References
Exodus 4:12Now go, and I myself will be your mouth, and I will tell you what you are to say.”
Jeremiah 1:7“Don't say you're too young,” the Lord told me. “Go to everyone I send you to. Tell them everything I order you to say.
Daniel 3:16“King Nebuchadnezzar, we don't need to defend ourselves before you over this,” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied.
Matthew 6:31So don't worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mark 13:11When they come to arrest you and put you on trial, don't worry about what to say. Just say what you're told at that time, because it's not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.
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 →