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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.
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You will be the objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name;
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and yet not a hair of your heads shall perish.