Matthew 10:16-18 "Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ "Behold, it is I who am sending you forth like sheep among wolves. Be then as serpents and as guileless as doves. ¹⁷ "But beware of men! For they will give you up to the Sanhedrin, and flog you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ "And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.