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Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
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But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
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Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.
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For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
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Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
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Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
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For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, also the elect.
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But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
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But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light,
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the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
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Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.