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Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be great signs.
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But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name’s sake.
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And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.
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Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:
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For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
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And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren and kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death.
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And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
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But a hair of your head shall not perish.
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In your patience you shall possess your souls.
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And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.