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In that way you will be witnesses to them.
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But make up your mind not to worry ahead of time about how to stand up for yourselves.
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I will give you words of wisdom. None of your enemies will be able to withstand them or oppose them.
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"Even your parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends will hand you over to the authorities. They will put some of you to death.
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Everyone will hate you because of me.
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But not a hair on your head will be harmed.
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If you stand firm, you will gain life.
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"A time is coming when you will see armies surround Jerusalem. Then you will know that it will soon be destroyed.
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Those who are in Judea should then escape to the mountains. Those in the city should get out. Those in the country should not enter the city.
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This is the time when God will punish Jerusalem. Everything will come true, just as it has been written.
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"How awful it will be in those days for pregnant women! How awful for nursing mothers! There will be terrible suffering in the land. There will be great anger against those people.