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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, &#8220;Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.13.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do you see all these great buildings?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> replied Jesus. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.13.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.13.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Watch out that no one deceives you.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Many will come in my name, claiming, &#8216;I am he,&#8217; and will deceive many.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.13.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.13.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.13.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you see &#8216;the abomination that causes desolation&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="DAN.9.27">Daniel 9:27</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="DAN.11.31">11:31</span>; <span class="ref" usfm="DAN.12.11">12:11</span> </span></span></span><span class="wj"><span class="content">standing where it</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">13:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">does not belong&#8212;let the reader understand&#8212;then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Pray that this will not take place in winter,</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now&#8212;and never to be equaled again.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.13.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At that time if anyone says to you, &#8216;Look, here is the Messiah!&#8217; or, &#8216;Look, there he is!&#8217; do not believe it.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.13.23"></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Lift up your eyes to the heavens,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">look at the earth beneath;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">the heavens will vanish like smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">the earth will wear out like a garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">and its inhabitants die like flies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">But my salvation will last forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"><span class="content">my righteousness will never fail.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.51.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.51.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear me, you who know what is right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.51.7"><span class="content">you people who have taken my instruction to heart:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.51.7"><span class="content">Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.51.7"><span class="content">or be terrified by their insults.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.51.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For the moth will eat them up like a garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"><span class="content">the worm will devour them like wool.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"><span class="content">But my righteousness will last forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"><span class="content">my salvation through all generations.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.51.8"></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">he who appoints the sun</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">to shine by day,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">who decrees the moon and stars</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">to shine by night,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">who stirs up the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">so that its waves roar&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty is his name:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JER.31.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.31.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">&#8220;Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.31.36"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.31.36"><span class="content">&#8220;will Israel ever cease</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.31.36"><span class="content">being a nation before me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JER.31.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="content">&#8220;Only if the heavens above can be measured</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="content">and the foundations of the earth below be searched out</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="content">will I reject all the descendants of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="content">because of all they have done,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JER.31.37"></span></div>
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