8. for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows [are] these.
9. `And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;
10. and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.
11. `And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
12. `And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
13. and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end-- he shall be saved.
14. `And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by
15. and he upon the house-top, let him not come down to the house, nor come in to take anything out of his house;
16. and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.