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16 You will be betrayed even by parents,[a] brothers, relatives,[b] and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name.[c] 18 Yet[d] not a hair of your head will perish.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:16 sn To confess Christ might well mean rejection by one’s own family, even by parents.
  2. Luke 21:16 tn Grk “and brothers and relatives,” but καί (kai) has not been translated twice here since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
  3. Luke 21:17 sn See Luke 6:22, 27; 1 Cor 1:25-31.
  4. Luke 21:18 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
  5. Luke 21:18 sn Given v. 16, the expression not a hair of your head will perish must be taken figuratively and refer to living ultimately in the presence of God.

16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,(A) and they will put some of you to death. 17 Everyone will hate you because of me.(B) 18 But not a hair of your head will perish.(C)

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