12. “But before all these things happen, people will arrest you and treat you cruelly. They will judge you in their synagogues and put you in jail. You will be forced to stand before kings and governors. They will do all these things to you because you follow me.
13. But this will give you an opportunity to tell about me.
14. Don’t worry about what you will say.
15. I will give you the wisdom to say things so that none of your enemies will be able to show that you are wrong.
16. Even your parents, brothers, relatives and friends will turn against you. They will kill some of you.
17. All people will hate you because you follow me.
18. But none of these things can really harm you.
19. You will save yourselves by continuing strong in your faith through all these things.
20. “When you see armies all around Jerusalem, then you will know that it will soon be destroyed.
21. At that time, the people in Judea should run away to the mountains. The people in Jerusalem must get out. If you are near the city, don’t go in!