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 ¹² Now brother will betray brother to death, and the father the son; and children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

 ¹³ And you will be hated by all men for my name's sake; but he who endures to the end will be saved.

 ¹⁴ But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

 ¹⁵ And let he who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter to take anything out of his house.

 ¹⁶ And let he who is in the field not turn back again to take his clothes.

 ¹⁷ But woe to those who are with child, and to those who are nursing in those days!

 ¹⁸ And pray that your flight will not be in the winter.

 ¹⁹ For in those days will be affliction, such as there has not been from the beginning of the creation, which God created, to this time, neither will there ever be.

 ²⁰ And unless the Lord shortens those days, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.

 ²¹ Then if any man says to you, 'Lo, here is Christ;' or 'lo, he is there;' do not believe him.

 ²² For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and show signs and wonders, to seduce even the elect, if it were possible.

 ²³ But take heed; behold, I have you all things beforehand.

 ²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

 ²⁵ And the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers that are in heaven will be shaken.

 ²⁶ Then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

 ²⁷ And he will send his angels, and gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

 ²⁸ Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When its branch is still tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

 ²⁹ So also, when you see these things happening, know that it is near, even at the doors.

 ³⁰ Truly I say to you, that this generation will not pass away, until all these things take place.²