Discovery BoxMatthew 10:16 
ContextPersecution of Disciples
10:16 “I 1 am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, 2 so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Matthew 12:7
Context12:7 If 3 you had known what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’ 4 you would not have condemned the innocent.
1 tn Grk “Behold I.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
2 sn This imagery of wolves is found in intertestamental Judaism; see Pss. Sol. 8:23, 30.
3 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
