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"At that time, the people in Judea should run away to the mountains.
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If people are on the roofsn of their houses, they must not go down to get anything out of their houses.
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If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their coats.
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At that time, how terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or have nursing babies!
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Pray that it will not be winter or a Sabbath day when these things happen and you have to run away,
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because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning of the world until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.
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God has decided to make that terrible time short. Otherwise, no one would go on living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.
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At that time, someone might say to you, 'Look, there is the Christ!' Or another person might say, 'There he is!' But don't believe them.
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False Christs and false prophets will come and perform great wonders and miracles. They will try to fool even the people God has chosen, if that is possible.
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Now I have warned you about this before it happens.
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"If people tell you, 'The Christ is in the desert,' don't go there. If they say, 'The Christ is in the inner room,' don't believe it.