⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted^(A) and put to death,^(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.^(C)

² They will put you out of the synagogue;^(A) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.^(B)

¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you^(A) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.^{(B) 20} Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^[a](C) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.^(D) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,^(A) and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me.^(B)

¹² “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.

⁹ “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.^(A) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. ¹⁰ And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. ¹¹ Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.^(B)

¹² “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.^{(C) 13} Everyone will hate you because of me,^(D) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(E)

¹⁷ Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils^(A) and be flogged in the synagogues.^{(B) 18} On my account you will be brought before governors and kings^(C) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.^(D) At that time you will be given what to say, ²⁰ for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father^(E) speaking through you.

²¹ “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents^(F) and have them put to death.^{(G) 22} You will be hated by everyone because of me,^(H) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(I)

¹⁴ I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^(A) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^(B)