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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places:
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all this is but the beginning of the birth-pangs.
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"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
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And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.
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And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
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And because wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold.
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But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.
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"So when you see the desolating sacrilege spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
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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 to take what is in his house;