Luke 21:14
12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
13 This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.
So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.
- KJV
- Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
- WEB
- Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
- ASV
- Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
- DARBY
- Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your] defence,
- BLB
- Settle, therefore, in your⁺ hearts not to premeditate to make a defense.
- ÅB
- Legg dere derfor på hjerte at dere ikke forut skal grunde på hvordan dere skal forsvare dere!
- OTB
- Så bestem dere for ikke å bekymre dere på forhånd om hvordan dere skal forsvare dere.
- B1930
- Legg eder derfor på hjerte at I ikke forut skal grunde på hvorledes I skal forsvare eder!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:11–12
When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
Read in contextMark 13:11
But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextMatthew 10:19–20
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
Read in context