13. If that home welcomes you, give it your blessing of peace. If it does not, don't bless it.
14. "Some people may not welcome you or listen to your words. If they don't, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
15. What I'm about to tell you is true. On judgment day it will be easier for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
16. "I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as harmless as doves.
17. "Watch out! Men will hand you over to the local courts. They will whip you in their synagogues.
18. You will be brought to governors and kings because of me. You will be witnesses to them and to those who aren't Jews.
19. "But when they arrest you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the right words to say.
20. It will not be you speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.
21. "Brothers will hand over brothers to be killed. Fathers will hand over their children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.
22. Everyone will hate you because of me. But anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.
23. "When people attack you in one place, escape to another. What I'm about to tell you is true. You will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
24. "A student is not better than his teacher. A servant is not better than his master.
25. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher. And it is enough for the servant to be like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, what can the others who live there expect?