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NASB					Matt 10:16 ¶ "^ABehold²⁴⁰⁰, I send⁶⁴⁹ you out as sheep^4263b in the midst³³¹⁹ of wolves³⁰⁷⁴; so³⁷⁶⁷ ¹be ^Bshrewd⁵⁴²⁹ as serpents³⁷⁸⁹ and ^Cinnocent¹⁸⁵ as doves⁴⁰⁵⁸.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 10:16 ¶ "Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda]. [Gen 3:1]

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Luke 10:3 "Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.

Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Hos 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense;
They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

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Greek Heb.

185

akeraios; from 1 (as a neg. pref.) and 2767; unmixed, pure:--innocent(3).

649

apostellô; from 575 and 4724; to send, send away:--puts(1), send(17), send forth(3), sending(3), sends(1), sent(104), sent...away(1), set(1).

2400

idou; from 1491a, used as a demonstrative particle; look, behold:--assure(1), behold(145), here(3), lo(1), long(1), look(8), see(1), then(1), there(1), when(1), why(1), yet(1).

3074

lukos; a prim. word; a wolf:--wolf(2), wolves(4).

3319

mesos; a prim. word; middle, in the midst:--among(3), among*(5), before*(3), between(1), between*(3), center(6), forward*(3), midday*(1), middle(6), midnight*(2), midst(19), two(1), way(2), within*(1).

3767

oun; a prim. word; therefore, then, (and) so:--contrary*(1), however*(1), now(5), so(153), so then(9), so...then(1), then(141), therefore(178).

3789

ophis; a prim. word; a snake:--serpent(6), serpents(6), snake(2).

4058

peristera; of unc. or.; a dove:--dove(4), doves(5), pigeons(1).

4263b

probaton; from 4260; small animals in a herd, esp. sheep:--sheep(36), sheep's(1).

5429

phronimos; from 5426; practically wise, sensible:--more shrewd(1), prudent(5), sensible(2), shrewd(1), wise(4), wise men(1).

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