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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.
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For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.
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But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
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and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
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He will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
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"Now from the fig tree learn her parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.