Matthew 10:16-18

16“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

17Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;

18and you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.