Bible verse
On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:18 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 10.
14 And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.
15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
16 Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
17 But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
18 On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
19 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.
20 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
KJV
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
ASV
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
ERV
yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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