16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.


In Context

13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you.

14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

16 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

17 "Be on your guard against men; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues.

18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16|Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.