³And as^* he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴“Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵So Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you! ⁶Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many. ⁷And when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁸For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

Persecution of Disciples Predicted

⁹“But you, watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to councils and you will be beaten in the synagogues and will have to stand before governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.^a ¹¹And when they arrest you and^* hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand what you should say, but whatever is given to you at that hour, say this. For you are not the ones who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his^* child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. ¹³And you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end—this one will be saved.

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Footnotes

*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was sitting”)
aOr “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
*Here “and” is supplied because the participle (“hand you over”) has been translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style
*The word “his” is not in the Greek text but is implied