Luke 21:14
“Settle it therfore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answere.”
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Luke 21:14 Context
12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, deliuering you vp to the Synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before Kings and rulers for my Names sake. 13And it shall turne to you for a testimony. 14Settle it therfore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answere. 15For I will giue you a mouth and wisedome, which all your aduersaries shall not be able to gainsay, nor resist. 16And yee shall be betrayed both by parents and brethren, and kinsefolkes and friends, and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
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Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
- King James Version
"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:
- American Standard Version (1901)
So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:
- Basic English Bible
Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your] defence,
- Darby Bible
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer.
- Webster's Bible
Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,
- Weymouth Bible
Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
- World English Bible
Therfor putte ye in youre hertis, not to thenke bifore, hou ye schulen answere; for Y schal yyue to you mouth and wisdom,
- Wycliffe Bible
`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
- Youngs Literal Bible