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


In Context

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.

19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say,

Matthew 10:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:17And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues;