Matthew 10:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁹ But when they turn you over [to them], do not worry about how to speak or what you should say. For you will be told [i.e., by God] what to say at the right time.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you are to speak; for what you are to say will be given you in that very hour and moment,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Whenever they hand you over, don’t worry about how to speak or what you will say, because what you can say will be given to you at that moment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ But when they hand you over, do not choose to think about how or what to speak. For what to speak shall be given to you in that hour.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak.

Matthew 10:19 Cross References

Matthew 10:18

Yes, you will [even] be brought in front of governors and kings for being loyal to me. [This will give you an opportunity] for witnessing to them [as well] as to the [unconverted] Gentiles.

Matthew 6:25

“So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.

Matthew 6:31

Therefore, do not worry by asking, ‘What are we going to eat?’ Or ‘What are we going to drink?’ Or ‘What are we going to wear?’

Matthew 6:34

Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have enough to be worried about in itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Luke 12:11

And when people bring you in front of synagogue assemblies and rulers and authorities [i.e., for judgment], do not worry about how to speak or what you should say.

Luke 12:12

For the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say at that very time.”

Acts 6:10

But they could not stand up to the wisdom and [power of] the Holy Spirit by which Stephen spoke.

Philippians 4:6

Do not worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and [special] petition, along with thanksgivings, you should make your requests known to God.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message could be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles could hear it. And I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. [Note: This is probably a figure of speech indicating that Paul had escaped some immediate danger. See Psa. 22:20-21].

James 1:5

But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.