16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-42)All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ’s ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are directed also how to bear them, and how to go on with their work in the midst of them. This part of the sermon looks further than to their present mission; for we find not that they met with any great hardships or persecutions while Christ was with them, no…
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