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`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;
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and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.
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`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;
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men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
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`And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;
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and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'
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And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,
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when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;
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so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;
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verily I say to you -- This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;
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the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.