Matthew 10:20

for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

In Context

19But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;

21Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.

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Cross References

Mark 12:36David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "`The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'

Luke 12:12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you at that very moment what you must say."

Luke 21:15for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.

Acts 4:8Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, and he replied, "Rulers and Elders of the people,

Acts 7:55But, full of the Holy Spirit and looking up to Heaven, Stephen saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand.

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 →

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