¹⁷“Watch out! Men will hand you over to the local courts. They will whip you in their synagogues. ¹⁸You will be brought to governors and kings because of me. You will be witnesses to them and to those who aren’t Jews.

¹⁹“But when they arrest you, don’t worry about what you will say or how you will say it. At that time you will be given the right words to say. ²⁰It will not be you speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.

²¹“Brothers will hand over brothers to be killed. Fathers will hand over their children. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death. ²²Everyone will hate you because of me. But anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.

²³“When people attack you in one place, escape to another. What I’m about to tell you is true. You will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

²⁴“A student is not better than his teacher. A servant is not better than his master. ²⁵It is enough for the student to be like his teacher. And it is enough for the servant to be like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebub, what can the others who live there expect?

²⁶“So don’t be afraid of your enemies. Everything that is secret will be brought out into the open. Everything that is hidden will be uncovered. ²⁷What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight. What is whispered in your ear, shout from the rooftops. ²⁸Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but can’t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹“Aren’t two sparrows sold for only a penny? But not one of them falls to the ground without your Father knowing it. ³⁰He even counts every hair on your head! ³¹So don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

³²“What about someone who says in front of others that he knows me? I will also say in front of my Father who is in heaven that I know him. ³³But what about someone who says in front of others that he doesn’t know me? I will say in front of my Father who is in heaven that I don’t know him.

³⁴“Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I didn’t come to bring peace. I came to bring a sword. ³⁵I have come to turn

“ ‘sons against their fathers.

Daughters will refuse to obey their mothers.

Daughters-in-law will be against their mothers-in-law.

³⁶A man’s enemies will be the members of his own family.’

³⁷“Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And anyone who does not pick up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ³⁹If anyone finds his life, he will lose it. If anyone loses his life because of me, he will find it.

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