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Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
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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 nursing mothers in those days!
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Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,
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for then will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
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Except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.
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Then if any man will tell you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
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For there will arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
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Behold, I have told you beforehand.
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If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness!' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
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For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.