Matthew 10:16-28

16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

17But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.

18You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

19But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak;

20for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

22And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

23When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

24“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.

25It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

26Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

27“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops.

28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.