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Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;
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For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
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See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.
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If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.
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Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
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Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.
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But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
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And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
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And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;
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Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.