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Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:
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Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:
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And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.
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But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.
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And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.
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Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
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And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.
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Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;
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For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
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See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.
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If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.