Matthew 24:8 References

8 "aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

a Matthew 24:8-20, Luke 21:12-24

Matthew 24

8 "aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
9 "aThen they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and byou will be hated by all nations because of My name.
10 "At that time many will afall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
11 "Many afalse prophets will arise and will mislead many.
12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
13 "aBut the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.
14 "This agospel of the kingdom bshall be preached in the whole cworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
15 "Therefore when you see the aABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in bthe holy place (clet the reader understand),
16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.
17 "Whoever is on athe housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.
18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
19 "But awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
20 "But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

Luke 21

12 "But before all these things, athey will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake.
13 "aIt will lead to an opportunity for your testimony.
14 "aSo make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;
15 for aI will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.
16 "But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
17 and you will be hated by all because of My name.
18 "Yet anot a hair of your head will perish.
19 "aBy your endurance you will gain your lives.
20 "But when you see Jerusalem asurrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near.
21 "Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and athose who are in the country must not enter the city;
22 because these are adays of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.
23 "Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for athere will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;
24 and they will fall by athe edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and bJerusalem will be ctrampled under foot by the Gentiles until dthe times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.