¹⁵ Truly I say to you, ^(A)it will be more tolerable for the land of ^(B)Sodom and Gomorrah in ^(C)the day of judgment than for that city.

The Promise of Persecution

¹⁶ “^(D)Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so ^[a]be ^(E)shrewd as serpents and ^(F)innocent as doves. ¹⁷ But beware of men, for they will deliver you over to the ^(G)courts and flog you ^(H)in their synagogues;