19 (A)But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour, what ye shall say.

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19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(A) At that time you will be given what to say,

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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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