# Matthew 10.19-20

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.</span> (Matthew 10:17-22, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.</span> (Matthew 10:17-22, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.</span> (Matthew 10:17-22, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 17. <span class="rl-speech">And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.</span>
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> **19. <span class="rl-speech">'And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.</span>**
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> 21. <span class="rl-speech">'And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.</span> (Matthew 10:17-22, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [G3860 - paradidomi](/codex/g3860-paradidomi/), *paradidomi*, Strong's G3860
- [G4151 - pneuma](/codex/g4151-pneuma/), *pneuma*, Strong's G4151
- [G3962 - pater](/codex/g3962-pater/), *pater*, Strong's G3962

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 10.5-42](/codex/matthew-10-5-42/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.