17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

 18And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

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

 20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

 21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

 22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

 24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

 25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Christ is telling the Disciples how much they will suffer for the Gospel.  Jesus promised us an award in Heaven, he never said we want have hard times here on earth.  What he said is that he will be with us through those hard times.  You can be assured there are people who will resist the teaching of the Gospel and they will hate and attack you for proclaiming the Gospel but we know who we serve and the award we are striving for.

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