11 (A)But when they lead you, and deliver you up, [a]be not careful before hand, [b]neither study what ye shall say: but what is given you at the same time, that speak: for it is not you that speak, but the holy Ghost.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:11 We are not forbidden to think beforehand, but pensive carefulness whereby men discourage themselves, which proceedeth from distrust, and want of confidence and sure hope of God’s assistance: that carefulness we are willed to beware of, see also Matt. 6:27.
  2. Mark 13:11 By any kind of artificial and cunning kind of tale what to speak.

11 Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.(A)

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11 (A)[a]And when they shall bring you unto the Synagogues, and unto the rulers and Princes, take no thought how, or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall speak.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:11 It is a great and hard conflict to confess the truth, yet he that can do all things, and is almighty, will not be wanting to the weakest which strive and contend in his appointed time.

11 “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,(A)

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