¹²“But before all this, people will arrest you and treat you badly. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons. You will be brought to kings and governors. All this will happen to you because of my name. ¹³In that way you will be witnesses to them. ¹⁴But make up your mind not to worry ahead of time about how to stand up for yourselves. ¹⁵I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or oppose them.

¹⁶“Even your parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends will hand you over to the authorities. They will put some of you to death. ¹⁷Everyone will hate you because of me. ¹⁸But not a hair on your head will be harmed. ¹⁹If you stand firm, you will gain life.

²⁰“A time is coming when you will see armies surround Jerusalem. Then you will know that it will soon be destroyed. ²¹Those who are in Judea should then escape to the mountains. Those in the city should get out. Those in the country should not enter the city. ²²This is the time when God will punish Jerusalem. Everything will come true, just as it has been written.

²³“How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers! There will be terrible suffering in the land. There will be great anger against those people. ²⁴Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be overrun by those who aren’t Jews until the times of the non-Jews come to an end.

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