13. And this will be an opportunity for you to give testimony.
14. Therefore, set this in your hearts: that you should not consider in advance how you might respond.
15. For I will give to you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or contradict.
16. And you will be handed over by your parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends. And they will bring about the death of some of you.
17. And you will be hated by all because of my name.
18. And yet, not a hair of your head will perish.
19. By your patience, you shall possess your souls.
20. Then, when you will have seen Jerusalem encircled by an army, know then that its desolation has drawn near.
21. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and those who are in its midst withdraw, and those who are in the countryside not enter into it.
22. For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.
23. Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.
24. And they will fall by the edge of the sword. And they will be led away as captives into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
25. And there will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars. And there will be, on earth, distress among the Gentiles, out of confusion at the roaring of the sea and of the waves:
26. men withering away out of fear and out of apprehension over the things that will overwhelm the whole world. For the powers of the heavens will be moved.
27. And then they will see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with great power and majesty.
28. But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near."
29. And he told them a comparison: "Take notice of the fig tree and of all the trees.
30. When presently they produce fruit from themselves, you know that summer is near.
31. So you also, when you will have seen these things happen, know that the kingdom of God is near.
32. Amen I say to you, this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things happen.