Mark 13:19-21

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¹⁹ because those days will be a time of suffering,^[a] a kind that has not happened from the beginning of creation—which God himself created—until now, and certainly will never happen again. ²⁰ If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one^[b] would survive. But for the sake of the elect whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.

²¹ “At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look here! The Messiah!’,^[c] or, ‘Look there!’ don’t believe it,