16 “Look out, because I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves,[ref] so you’ll need to be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 But watch out, because there’s people who’ll turn you in to the councils, and then you’ll be flogged in their meeting halls.[ref] 18 You’ll be stood in front of governors and even kings on my account, but it’ll be a testimony to them and to the non-Jews. 19 However, whenever they turn you in, you don’t need to worry about what to say or how to say it, because whatever you apprentices need to say will be given to you at the right time, 20 because you won’t be the ones speaking, but it’ll be your father’s spirit speaking through you.

21 “One sibling will turn another in to be executed, and a father his child, and children will be rebelling against their parents and having them put to death.[ref] 22 You apprentices will be hated by everyone because of my name,[ref] but the ones who endure until the end, they’re the ones who’ll be saved.[ref] 23 Whenever they persecute you in one city, escape to the next city, because I can assure you that you won’t get through all the cities in Yisrael (Israel) before the son of humanity comes.

24 “An apprentice isn’t above their teacher,[ref] nor is a slave above their master.[ref] 25 The apprentice is happy to eventually become like their teacher, and the slave to become like their master. If they accuse the home owner of being a devil,[ref] then they’ll do that even more to other members of his household.