³⁸ But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the ^(A)cup that I drink, and be baptized with the ^(B)baptism that I am baptized with?”

³⁹ They said to Him, “We are able.”

So Jesus said to them, ^(C)“You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;

⁹ “But ^(A)watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will ^[a]be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.

¹⁷ But beware of men, for ^(A)they will deliver you up to councils and ^(B)scourge you in their synagogues. ^18 (C)You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.