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21 because at that time there will be great suffering,[a] the kind that hasn’t happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won’t ever happen again. 22 If those days hadn’t been shortened, no one[b] would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

23 “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look here! The Messiah!’[c] or ‘There he is!’,[d] don’t believe it,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:21 Or tribulation
  2. Matthew 24:22 Lit. flesh
  3. Matthew 24:23 Or Christ
  4. Matthew 24:23 The Gk. lacks he is

21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.(A)

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect(B) those days will be shortened. 23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.(C)

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