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And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.
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Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: and those who are in the midst thereof depart out: and those who are in the countries not enter into it.
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For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.
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But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captives into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles till the times of the nations be fulfilled.
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And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves:
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Men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved.
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And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty.
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But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.
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And he spoke to them a similitude. See the fig tree and all the trees:
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When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh;
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So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.
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Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: and that day come upon you suddenly.
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For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth.
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Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come and to stand before the Son of man.
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And in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple: but at night going out, he abode in the mount that is called Olivet.
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And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.