10 16 'Look, I send you out like sheep among wolves; be wary as serpents, innocent as doves. 10 17 'And be on your guard, for men will hand you over to their courts, they will flog you in the synagogues, 10 18 and you will be brought before governors and kings, for my sake, to testify before them and the heathen. 10 19 But when you are arrested, do not worry about what you are to say; when the time comes, the words you need will be given you; 10 20 for it is not you who will be speaking: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking in you. 10 21 'Brother will betray brother to death, and the father his child; children will turn against their parents and send them to their death. 10 22 All will hate you for your allegiance to me; but the man who holds out to the end will be saved. 10 23 When you are persecuted in one town, take refuge in another; I tell you this: before you have gone through all the towns of Israel the Son of Man will have come.
10 24 'A pupil does not rank above his teacher, or a servant above his master. 10 25 The pupil should be content to share his teacher's lot, the servant to share his master's. If the master has been called Beelzebub, how much more his household!