Matthew Chapter 10 Verse 23‹But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.›

‹And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.›

‹And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.›

‹Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.›

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

‹But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;›

‹And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.›

‹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.›

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

‹And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against› [their] ‹parents, and cause them to be put to death.›

‹And ye shall be hated of all› [men] ‹for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.›

‹The disciple is not above› [his] ‹master, nor the servant above his lord.›

‹It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more› [shall they call] ‹them of his household?›

‹Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.›

‹What I tell you in darkness,› [that] ‹speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear,› [that] ‹preach ye upon the housetops.›

‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›

‹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.›

‹But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.›

‹Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.›

‹Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.›

‹But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.›

The Book of Matthew, Chapter 10, Verse 23