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"As to these things which you now admire, the time is coming when there will not be one stone left here upon another which will not be pulled down."
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"Rabbi, when will this be?" they asked Him, "and what will be the token given when these things are about to take place?"
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"See to it," He replied, "that you are not misled; for many will come assuming my name and professing, `I am He,' or saying, `The time is close at hand.' Do not go and follow them.
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But when you hear of wars and turmoils, be not afraid; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."
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Then He said to them, "Nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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And there will be great earthquakes, and in places famines and pestilence; and there will be terrible sights and wonderful tokens from Heaven.
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"But before all these things happen they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you up to synagogues and to prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my sake.
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In the end all this will be evidence of your fidelity.
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"Make up your minds, however, not to prepare a defence beforehand,
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for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to withstand or reply to.
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You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, friends; and some of you they will put to death.