Luke 21:12-19 "But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² "But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake. ¹³ It will result in [an opportunity for] witnessing to them. ¹⁴ So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. ¹⁵ For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. ¹⁶ "You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ »Men will hate you because of my name. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ By your endurance you will gain your lives.