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


In Context

13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

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

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

18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:16I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent 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 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.