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20 And pray that your flight will not be in winter, or on the Sabbath.[a] 21 For there will be persecution such as the world has never before seen in all its history and will never see again.

22 “In fact, unless those days are shortened, all mankind will perish. But they will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:20 on the Sabbath. The city gates were closed on the Sabbath.
  2. Matthew 24:22 God’s chosen people, literally, “the elect.”

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