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"For nation will rise up againstnation, and kingdomagainstkingdom; there will be earthquakes in variousplaces; there will also be famines. Thesethings are merely the beginning of birthpangs.
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"But be on your guard; for they will 1deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged2in the synagogues, and you will standbeforegovernors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.
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"3The gospelmustfirst be preached to all the nations.
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"4When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worrybeforehand about what you are to say, but saywhatever* is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the HolySpirit.
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"Brother will betraybrother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up againstparents and have them put to death.
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"5You will be hated by allbecause of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.