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Luke 21:23

Luke 21:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

woe: Luke 23:29; Deuteronomy 28:56-57; Lamentations 4:10; Hebrews 9:12-17, Hebrews 13:16; Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17

great: Luke 19:27, Luke 19:43; Matthew 21:41, Matthew 21:44; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Hebrews 10:26-31; James 5:1; 1 Peter 4:17

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