Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time.

“Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

and said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.