11. When they take you away to hand you over to the authorities, don’t worry ahead of time about what you will say. Instead, say whatever is given to you to say when the time comes. Indeed, you are not the one who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit will.
12. “Brother will hand over brother to death; a father will hand over his child. Children will rebel against their parents and kill them.
13. Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
14. “When you see the disgusting thing that will cause destruction standing where it should not (let the reader take note), those of you in Judea should flee to the mountains.
15. Those who are on the roof should not come down to get anything out of their houses.
16. Those who are in the field should not turn back to get their coats.
17. “How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.
18. Pray that it will not be in winter.
19. It will be a time of misery that has not happened from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and will certainly never happen again.