Matthew 10:20

Contemporary English Version

But you will not really be the one speaking. The Spirit from your Father will tell you what to say.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because it isn’t you speaking, but the Spirit

King James Version (1611)
For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.

King James Version
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

English Standard Version
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

New American Standard Bible
"For it is not you who are speaking, but it is the Spirit of your Father who is speaking in you.

New Century Version
It will not really be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Amplified Bible
for it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For it is not yee that speake, but the spirite of your father which speaketh in you.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Legacy Standard Bible
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Berean Standard Bible
For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Complete Jewish Bible
For it will not be just you speaking, but the Spirit of your heavenly Father speaking through you.

Darby Translation
For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

Easy-to-Read Version
It will not really be you speaking; the Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.

George Lamsa Translation
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaks through you.

Good News Translation
For the words you will speak will not be yours; they will come from the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Lexham English Bible
For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking through you.

Literal Translation
For you are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

American Standard Version
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

Bible in Basic English
Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

Hebrew Names Version
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking in you.

Murdock Translation
For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For it is not ye that speake, but ye spirite of your father, which speaketh in you.

English Revised Version
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

World English Bible
For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of the Father who speaketh in you.

Weymouth's New Testament
for it is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for it ben not ye that speken, but the spirit of youre fadir, that spekith in you.

Update Bible Version
For it is not you that speaks, but the Spirit of your Father that speaks in you.

Webster's Bible Translation
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

New English Translation
For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

New King James Version
for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

New Living Translation
For it is not you who will be speaking—it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

New Life Bible
It will not be you who will speak the words. The Spirit of your Father will speak through you.

New Revised Standard
for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For it is not, ye, who are speaking, but, the Spirit of your Father, that is speaking in you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you.

Revised Standard Version
for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For it is not ye that speke but ye sprite of your father which speaketh in you.

Young's Literal Translation
for ye are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For it is not ye that speake, but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for it is not properly you that speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh by you.

Simplified Cowboy Version
It won't be you who'll be talkin' at 'em, it'll be the Spirit of God speakin' through you.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ I am sending you like lambs into a pack of wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as innocent as doves. ¹⁷ Watch out for people who will take you to court and have you beaten in their meeting places. ¹⁸ Because of me, you will be dragged before rulers and kings to tell them and the Gentiles about your faith. ¹⁹ But when someone arrests you, don't worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the words to say. ²⁰ But you will not really be the one speaking. The Spirit from your Father will tell you what to say. ²¹ Brothers and sisters will betray one another and have each other put to death. Parents will betray their own children, and children will turn against their parents and have them killed. ²² Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved. ²³ When people mistreat you in one town, hurry to another one. I promise you that before you have gone to all the towns of Israel, the Son of Man will come. ²⁴ Disciples are not better than their teacher, and slaves are not better than their master. ²⁵ It is enough for disciples to be like their teacher and for slaves to be like their master. If people call the head of the family Satan, what will they say about the rest of the family?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

but: 2 Samuel 23:2, Mark 12:36, Luke 11:13, Luke 21:15, Acts 2:4, Acts 4:8, Acts 6:10, Acts 7:55, Acts 7:56, Acts 28:25, 1 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 1:21

your: Matthew 6:32, Luke 12:30-32

Reciprocal: Exodus 4:12 - General Proverbs 16:1 - and Mark 13:11 - take Luke 21:14 - General John 14:17 - shall Acts 1:4 - the promise Romans 8:26 - but 1 Corinthians 15:10 - yet 2 Corinthians 3:5 - but 2 Corinthians 12:9 - My grace 2 Corinthians 13:3 - Christ

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.

Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For it is not ye that speak,.... Not but that they were to speak the words, and did; but then both the things they spoke, and the very words in which they spoke them, were not of themselves, but were suggested and dictated by the Spirit of God; for as "the preparation of the heart" in them, so "the answer of the tongue" by them, were both "from the Lord": the Spirit, he was the efficient cause, they were only instruments; for not they of themselves spoke; or not so much they,

but the Spirit of your father, which speaketh in you, or "by you": what they should say was not to be dictated by their own spirit or natural understanding, nor by an angel, but by the Spirit of God; called the "Spirit of" their "father", because he proceeds from him, is of the same nature with him, and is the reason of his being given to them: and this character of him might serve to strengthen their faith in the expectation of him, and in the assistance promised, and to be had by him; since he was the spirit of him, who stood in the relation of a father to them, and bore a paternal affection for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take no thought - That is, be not anxious or unduly solicitous. See the notes at Matthew 6:25. This was a full promise that they should be inspired, and was a most seasonable consolation. Poor, and ignorant, and obscure fishermen would naturally be solicitous what they should say before the great men of the earth. Eastern people regarded kings as raised far above common mortals - as approaching to divinity. How consoling, then, the assurance that God would aid them and speak within them!

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 10:20. For it is - the Spirit of your Father, c.] This was an extraordinary promise, and was literally fulfilled to those first preachers of the Gospel and to them it was essentially necessary, because the New Testament dispensation was to be fully opened by their extraordinary inspiration. In a certain measure, it may be truly said, that the Holy Spirit animates the true disciples of Christ, and enables them to speak. The Head speaks in his members, by his Spirit; and it is the province of the Spirit of God to speak for God. Neither surprise, defect of talents, nor even ignorance itself, could hurt the cause of God, in the primitive times, when the hearts and minds of those Divine men were influenced by the Holy Spirit.

Your Father — This is added to excite and increase their confidence in God.