¹⁷ But be ye ware of men, for they shall take you in councils, and they shall beat you in their synagogues;

¹⁸ and to mayors, or presidents, and to kings, ye shall be led for me, in witnessing to them, and to heathen men.

¹⁹ But when they take you, do not ye think, how or what thing ye shall speak [But when they shall take, or betray, you, do not ye think, how or what ye shall speak], for it shall be given to you in that hour, what ye shall speak;