Matthew 10:16,36
Matthew 10:16 The Message (MSG)
“Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you. You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don’t call attention to yourselves. Be as shrewd as a snake, inoffensive as a dove.
Matthew 10:34-37 The Message (MSG)
“Don’t think I’ve come to make life cozy. I’ve come to cut—make a sharp knife-cut between son and father, daughter and mother, bride and mother-in-law—cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God. Well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies. If you prefer father or mother over me, you don’t deserve me. If you prefer son or daughter over me, you don’t deserve me.
Matthew 10:16 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:36 King James Version (KJV)
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Matthew 10:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:36 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
Matthew 10:16 New Century Version (NCV)
“Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:36 New Century Version (NCV)
A person’s enemies will be members of his own family.’
Matthew 10:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:36 American Standard Version (ASV)
and a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
Matthew 10:16 New International Version (NIV)
“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Matthew 10:36 New International Version (NIV)
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Matthew 10:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:36 New King James Version (NKJV)
and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
Matthew 10:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“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]. [Gen 3:1]
Matthew 10:36 Amplified Bible (AMP)
and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS [own]HOUSEHOLD [when one believes and another does not]. [Mic 7:6]
Matthew 10:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:36 New Living Translation (NLT)
Your enemies will be right in your own household!’
Matthew 10:16 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Now, remember, it is I who sends you out, even though you feel vulnerable as lambs going into a pack of wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes yet as harmless as doves.”
Matthew 10:36 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Within your own families you will find enemies.
Matthew 10:16 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
