Matthew 10:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.”

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BSBPD

“But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And whenever they may deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye may speak, for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 10:19 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 4:12Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
  2. Exodus 4:15You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
  3. Jeremiah 1:7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
  4. Jeremiah 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
  5. Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
  6. Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  7. Matthew 6:31Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
  8. Matthew 6:34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.
  9. Mark 13:11But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
  10. Luke 12:11When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
  11. Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
  12. Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
  13. Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
  14. Acts 6:10but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
  15. Acts 26:2“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
  16. Philippians 4:6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  17. 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  18. James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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