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"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;

For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, `Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

"for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.

And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

For nation will rise in arms against nation, kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places;

And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!

for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.

For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.

For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.

`For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.

Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.

For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;

"`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'

"`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

(For to every one who has, more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken away.)

`But as for this worthless servant, put him out into the darkness outside: *there* will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

"Then the King will say to those at His right, "`Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.