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for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.
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You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.
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You will be hated by all because of my name.
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But not a hair of your head will perish.
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By your endurance you will gain your souls.
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"When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.
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Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those out in the country must not enter it;
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for these are days of vengeance, as a fulfillment of all that is written.
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Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people;
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they will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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"There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.