Verse 17
Matthew 10:17
New Living Translation
17
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.
Original Language Text
greek
προσέχετε δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· παραδώσουσιν γὰρ ὑμᾶς εἰς συνέδρια, καὶ ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν μαστιγώσουσιν ὑμᾶς·
English Translation
Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 10 Context
1
Yashua (Jesus) called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits...
Focus ↗
2
Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter),<br>then Andrew (Peter’s...
Focus ↗
3
Philip,<br>Bartholomew,<br>Thomas,<br>Matthew (the tax collector),<br>James (son of Alphaeus),<br>Th...
Focus ↗
4
Simon (the zealot ),<br>Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).<br>
Focus ↗
5
Yashua (Jesus) sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or th...
Focus ↗
6
but only to the people of Israel — God (Elohim)’s lost sheep.
Focus ↗
7
Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.
Focus ↗
8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you h...
Focus ↗
9
“Don’t take any money in your money belts — no gold, silver, or even copper coins.
Focus ↗
10
Don’t carry a traveler’s bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hes...
Focus ↗
11
“Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you lea...
Focus ↗
12
When you enter the home, give it your blessing.
Focus ↗
13
If it turns out to be a worthy home, let your blessing stand; if it is not, take back the blessing.
Focus ↗
14
If any household or town refuses to welcome you or listen to your message, shake its dust from your...
Focus ↗
15
I tell you the truth, the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah will be better off than such a town on...
Focus ↗
16
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Focus ↗
17
But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogu...
18
You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your...
Focus ↗
19
When you are arrested, don’t worry about how to respond or what to say. God (Elohim) will give you t...
Focus ↗
20
For it is not you who will be speaking — it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Focus ↗
21
“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will r...
Focus ↗
22
And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will...
Focus ↗
23
When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I tell you the truth, the Son of Man will ret...
Focus ↗
24
“Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master.
Focus ↗
25
Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master. And since I, the mast...
Focus ↗
26
“But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is cover...
Focus ↗
27
What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, s...
Focus ↗
28
“Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God (El...
Focus ↗
29
What is the price of two sparrows — one copper coin ? But not a single sparrow can fall to the groun...
Focus ↗
30
And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
Focus ↗
31
So don’t be afraid; you are more valuable to God (Elohim) than a whole flock of sparrows.
Focus ↗
32
“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in he...
Focus ↗
33
But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
Focus ↗
34
“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
Focus ↗
35
‘I have come to set a man against his father,<br>a daughter against her mother,<br>and a daughter-in...
Focus ↗
36
Your enemies will be right in your own household!’<br>
Focus ↗
37
“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if yo...
Focus ↗
38
If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
Focus ↗
39
If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
Focus ↗
40
“Anyone who receives you receives me, and anyone who receives me receives the Father who sent me.
Focus ↗
41
If you receive a prophet as one who speaks for God (Elohim), you will be given the same reward as a...
Focus ↗
42
And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rew...
Focus ↗