Matthew 10:20
“For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.”
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Matthew 10:20 Context
18And yee shall be brought before Gouernours and Kings for my sake, for a testimonie against them, and the Gentiles. 19But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought, how or what ye shall speake, for it shall bee giuen you in that same houre what ye shall speake. 20For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you. 21And the brother shall deliuer vp the brother to death, and the father the childe: and the children shall rise vp against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22And yee shall be hated of all men for my Names sake: but he that endureth to the end, shalbe saued.
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Other Translations for Matthew 10:20
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
- King James Version
"For it is not you who speak, but {it is} the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.
- Basic English Bible
For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.
- Darby Bible
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
- Webster's Bible
for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
- Weymouth Bible
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
- World English Bible
for it ben not ye that speken, but the spirit of youre fadir, that spekith in you.
- Wycliffe Bible
for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 10:20
Mt 10:20 Your Father. Not "Our Father". The Savior never says, "Our Father", except when he teaches the disciples to pray (Mt 6:9 Lu 11:2), but "My Father" and "Your Father". God was his Father in a different sense from that in which he is our Father.