Persecution Foretold

⁹ “As for yourselves, beware, for they will hand you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them.^{(A) 10} And the good news^[a] must first be proclaimed to all nations. ¹¹ When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.^{(B) 12} Sibling will betray sibling to death and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,^{(C) 13} and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.^(D)

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴ “But in those days, after that suffering,

²⁶ “Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.^{(B) 27} Then he will send out the angels and gather the^[a] elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.