14 Make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance.
15 I’ll give you words and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to counter or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed by your parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, and friends. They will execute some of you.
17 Everyone will hate you because of my name.
18 Still, not a hair on your heads will be lost.
19 By holding fast, you will gain your lives.
20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that its destruction is close at hand.