15. I tell you the truth. On the Judgment Day it will be worse for that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah.
16. “Listen! I am sending you out, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be as smart as snakes. But also be like doves and do nothing wrong.
17. Be careful of people. They will arrest you and take you to court. They will whip you in their synagogues.
18. Because of me you will be taken to stand before governors and kings. You will tell them and the non-Jewish people about me.
19. When you are arrested, don’t worry about what to say or how you should say it. At that time you will be given the things to say.
20. It will not really be you speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.
21. “Brothers will turn against their own brothers and give them over to be killed. Fathers will turn against their own children and give them to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them killed.