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Then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them that are in the midst of it depart out, and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
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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 unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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"And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress among nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring.
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Men's hearts will fail them for fear and for looking upon those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
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And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh."
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And He spoke to them a parable: "Behold the fig tree and all the trees.
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When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
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Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.
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"And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that Day come upon you unawares.
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For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
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Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."
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And in the daytime He was teaching in the temple; and at night He went out and stayed on the mount that is called the Mount of Olives.
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And all the people came early in the morning to Him in the temple to hear Him.