¹⁰ Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom;^{(A) 11} there will be great earthquakes and in various places famines and plagues, and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.

¹² “But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.^{(B) 13} This will give you an opportunity to testify.^{(C) 14} So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance,^{(D) 15} for I will give you words^[a] and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.^{(E) 16} You will be betrayed even by parents and siblings, by relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.^{(F) 17} You will be hated by all because of my name.^{(G) 18} But not a hair of your head will perish.^{(H) 19} By your endurance you will gain your souls.^(I)