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all this is but the beginning of the `birth pains.'
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At that time you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me.
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At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other,
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many false prophets will appear and fool many people;
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and many people's love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.
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But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered.
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And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the end will come.
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"So when you see the abomination that causes devastation spoken about through the prophet Dani'el standing in the Holy Place" (let the reader understand the allusion),
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"that will be the time for those in Y'hudah to escape to the hills.
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If someone is on the roof, he must not go down to gather his belongings from his house;
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if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.