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Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
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great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;
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and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
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and it shall become to you for a testimony.
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`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
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for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.
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`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;
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and ye shall be hated by all because of my name --
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and a hair out of your head shall not perish;
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in your patience possess ye your souls.
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`And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;