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You are nothing but snakes and the children of snakes! How can you escape going to hell?

I will send prophets and wise people and experts in the Law of Moses to you. But you will kill them or nail them to a cross or beat them in your meeting places or chase them from town to town.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.

You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end.

But this is just the beginning of troubles.

But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.

If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.

Someone may say, "Here is the Messiah!" or "There he is!" But don't believe it.

But I have warned you ahead of time.

The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.

Two men will be in the same field, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

But suppose one of the servants thinks that the master won't return until late.

The foolish ones took their lamps, but no extra oil.

But the groom replied, "I don't even know you!"

But the servant with one thousand coins dug a hole and hid his master's money in the ground.

"Wonderful!" his master replied. "You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!"

"Wonderful!" his master replied. "You are a good and faithful servant. I left you in charge of only a little, but now I will put you in charge of much more. Come and share in my happiness!"

Everyone who has something will be given more, and they will have more than enough. But everything will be taken from those who don't have anything.

I was hungry, but you did not give me anything to eat, and I was thirsty, but you did not give me anything to drink.