Matthew 10:16

"Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

In Context

15"I tell you solemnly it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the Day of Judgment than for that town.

17"But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues.

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Cross References

Luke 21:15"for I will give you utterance and a wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to answer or withstand.

Romans 16:18Turn away from them. For men of that stamp are not the slaves of Christ, but are slaves to their own appetites. By their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.

2 Corinthians 1:12For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.

2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear lest, just as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, so your minds should be seduced from your single-mindedness and purity toward Christ.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:6-16

Instructions to the Apostles. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two… Read the whole commentary →

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