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“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a]spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—
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then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
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Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.
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Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.
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How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
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Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
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“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.