16. “See, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
17. “But beware of men, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrins and flog you in their congregations.
18. “And you shall be brought before governors and sovereigns for My sake, as a witness to them and to the gentiles.
19. “But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak,
20. for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.
21. “And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. And children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death.