15 “Be on your guard against false prophets(A) who come to you in sheep’s(B) clothing(C) but inwardly are ravaging wolves.(D)

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Persecutions Predicted

16 “Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.(A)

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12 The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them[a] and runs away when he sees a wolf(A) coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:12 Lit leaves the sheep

29 I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

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