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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places, there will be famines; this is but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
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"But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils; and you will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them.
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And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
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And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in that hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
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And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
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and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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"But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;
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let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything away;
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and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.
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And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!
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Pray that it may not happen in winter.