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Watch out for people who will hand you over to the Jewish courts and whip you in their synagogues.
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Because of me you will even be brought in front of governors and kings to testify to them and to everyone in the world.
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When they hand you over [to the authorities], don't worry about what to say or how to say it. When the time comes, you will be given what to say.
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Indeed, you're not the ones who will be speaking. The Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you.
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"Brother will hand over brother to death; a father will hand over his child. Children will rebel against their parents and kill them.
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Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me. But the person who patiently endures to the end will be saved.
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So when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. I can guarantee this truth: Before you have gone through every city in Israel, the Son of Man will come.
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"A student is not better than his teacher. Nor is a slave better than his owner.
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It is enough for a student to become like his teacher and a slave like his owner. If they have called the owner of the house Beelzebul, they will certainly call the family members the same name.
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So don't be afraid of them. Nothing has been covered that will not be exposed. Whatever is secret will be made known.
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Tell in the daylight what I say to you in the dark. Shout from the housetops what you hear whispered.