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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
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All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
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And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
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Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
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And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
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But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
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And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),
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then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
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And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
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But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
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And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
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For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
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Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.
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For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
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See, I have told you beforehand.
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Therefore if they say to you, 'Look, He is in the desert!' do not go out; or 'Look, He is in the inner rooms!' do not believe it.
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For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.