Luke 21:12-22

English Standard Version

¹² But before all this ^(A)they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to ^(B)the synagogues and ^(C)prisons, and you ^(D)will be brought before ^(E)kings and ^(F)governors for my name's sake. ^13 (G)This will be your opportunity to bear witness. ¹⁴ Settle it therefore in your minds ^(H)not to meditate beforehand how to answer, ¹⁵ for ^(I)I will give you a mouth and ^(J)wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or ^(K)contradict. ¹⁶ You will be delivered up ^(L)even by parents and brothers^[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. ^17 (M)You will be hated by all for my name's sake. ¹⁸ But ^(N)not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹ By your ^(O)endurance you will gain your lives.

Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem

²⁰ “But ^(P)when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that ^(Q)its desolation has come near. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, ²² for these are ^(R)days of ^(S)vengeance, to fulfill ^(T)all that is written.