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You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.
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And you will be hated by all for My name's sake.
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But not a hair of your head shall be lost.
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By your patience possess your souls.
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"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.
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Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her.
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For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
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And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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"And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
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men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.