Luk 21:12-24 | NASB2020 | STEP | “But before all these things , they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons , bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name .

Luke 21:12-24

12 “But before all these things, ^athey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, ^{▼▼Lit being brought}bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name. 13 ^cIt will lead to ^{▼▼Lit a testimony for you}an opportunity for your testimony. 14 ^eSo ^{▼▼Lit put in your hearts}make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; 15 for ^gI will provide you ^{▼▼Lit a mouth}eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute. 16 But you will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, other relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death, 17 and you will be hated by all people because of My name. 18 And yet ⁱnot a hair of your head will perish. 19 ^jBy your endurance you will gain your ^{▼▼Lit souls}lives.

20 “But when you see Jerusalem ^lsurrounded by armies, then ^{▼▼Lit know}recognize that her desolation is near. 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside ^{▼▼Lit her}the city must leave, and ^othose who are in the country must not enter ^{▼▼Lit her}the city; 22 because these are ^qdays of punishment, so that all things which have been written will be fulfilled. 23 Woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for ^rthere will be great distress upon the ^{▼▼Or earth}land, and wrath to this people; 24 and they will fall by ^tthe edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and ^uJerusalem will be ^vtrampled underfoot by the Gentiles until ^wthe times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.