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When these things start to happen, stand up and hold your heads high; because you are about to be liberated!"
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Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, Indeed, all the trees.
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As soon as they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves that summer is near.
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In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you are to know that the Kingdom of God is near!
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Yes! I tell you that this people will certainly not pass away before it has all happened.
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Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.
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"But keep watch on yourselves, or your hearts will become dulled by carousing, drunkenness and the worries of everyday living, and that Day will be sprung upon you suddenly like a trap!
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For it will close in on everyone, no matter where they live, throughout the whole world.
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Stay alert, always praying that you will have the strength to escape all the things that will happen and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
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Yeshua spent his days at the Temple, teaching; while at night he went out and stayed on the hill called the Mount of Olives.
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All the people would rise with the dawn to come and hear him at the Temple courts.