Matthew 24:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines^[a] and earthquakes in various places: ⁸ all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.

Persecutions Foretold

⁹ “Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.