New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
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12 "But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
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“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
13 This will give you an opportunity to testify.
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And so you will bear testimony to me.
14 So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance;
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But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.
15 for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.
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For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.
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You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
17 You will be hated by all because of my name.
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Everyone will hate you because of me.
18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
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But not a hair of your head will perish.
19 By your endurance you will gain your souls.
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Stand firm, and you will win life.
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