"Jesus is speaking to His disciples. They are going to be in danger, there is a very difficult road ahead. It is my hope that we don’t downplay this warning. By downplay, I mean that we have a tendency to read this and, because it’s history, we forget that following Jesus is hard! We all need to be warned about the pitfalls that await men and women sold out for Christ. Things are going to get harder, much harder, and Jesus wants us to be prepared."