Luk 21:12-24 | ESV | STEP | But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons , and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

Luke 21:12-24

12 But before all this ^athey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to ^bthe synagogues and ^cprisons, and you ^dwill be brought before ^ekings and ^fgovernors for my name’s sake. 13 ^gThis will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14 Settle it therefore in your minds ^hnot to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15 for ⁱI will give you a mouth and ^jwisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or ^kcontradict. 16 You will be delivered up ^leven by parents and brothers ^{▼▼Or parents and brothers and sisters} and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 ⁿYou will be hated by all for my name’s sake. 18 But ^onot a hair of your head will perish. 19 By your ^pendurance you will gain your lives.

Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem

20 “But ^qwhen you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that ^rits desolation has come near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it, 22 for these are ^sdays of ^tvengeance, to fulfill ^uall that is written. 23 ^vAlas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and ^wwrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and ^xbe led captive among all nations, and ^yJerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, ^zuntil the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.