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!
22. These are the days of punishment to make come true all that is written in the Scriptures.
23. At that time, it will be hard for women who are pregnant or have nursing babies! Great trouble will come upon this land, and God will be angry with these people.
24. Some will be killed by the sword and taken as prisoners to all nations. Jerusalem will be crushed by non-Jewish people until their time is over.
25. “Amazing things will happen to the sun, moon, and stars. On earth, nations will be afraid because of the roar and fury of the sea. They will not know what to do.