20 Behold, I send you forth as sheep among a pack of wolves; and you must be as wise as serpents and as harmless as the doves.
21 In all your language be discreet, for Pharisees and scribes will seek a cause for your arrest in what you say.
22 And they will surely find a way by charges false to bring you into court.
23 And judges will declare that you are guilty of some crime, and sentence you to scourgings and to prison cells.
24 But when you come to stand before the judge, be not afraid; be not disturbed about the way to act, the words to speak.
25 The Holy Breath will guide you in that hour, and give the words that you shall speak.
26 Of this be full assured; It is not you who speaks; it is the Holy Breath who gives the words and moves the lips.
27 The gospel that you preach will not bring peace, but it will stir the multitudes to wrath.
28 The carnal man abhors the truth, and he would give his life to crush the tender plant before the harvest time.
29 And this will bring confusion in the homes that were the homes of stagnant peace.