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But when you are arrested and stand trial, don’t worry in advance about what to say. Just say what God tells you at that time, for it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
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“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
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And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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“The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration standing where he should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.
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A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.
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A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.
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How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days.
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And pray that your flight will not be in winter.
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For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.
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In fact, unless the Lord shortens that time of calamity, not a single person will survive. But for the sake of his chosen ones he has shortened those days.
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“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it.