Matthew 24:6
Good News Translation
You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.

New Revised Standard Version
And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

Contemporary English Version
You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end.

New American Bible
You will hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for these things must happen, but it will not yet be the end.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.

ye shall hear.

Jeremiah 4:19-22 My bowels, my bowels are in part, the senses of my heart are troubled within me, I will not hold my peace, for my soul hath heard the sound of the trumpet, the cry of battle. . . .

Jeremiah 6:22-24 Thus saith the Lord: Behold a people cometh from the land of the north, and a great nation shall rise up from the ends of the earth. . . .

Jeremiah 8:15,16 We looked for peace and no good came: for a time of healing, and behold fear. . . .

Jeremiah 47:6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.

Ezekiel 7:24-26 And I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: and I will make the pride of the mighty to cease, and they shall possess their sanctuary. . . .

Ezekiel 14:17-21 Or if I bring the sword upon that land, and say to the sword: Pass through the land: and I destroy man and beast out of it: . . .

Ezekiel 21:9-15,28 Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Say: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and furbished. . . .

Daniel 11:1-45 And from the first year of Darius, the Mede, I stood up, that he might be strengthened, and confirmed. . . .

Mark 13:7,8 And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, fear ye not. For such things must needs be: but the end is not yet. . . .

Luke 21:9 And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently.

see.

Psalm 27:1-3 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? . . .

Psalm 46:1-3 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly. . . .

Psalm 112:7 The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:

Isaiah 8:12-14 Say ye not: A conspiracy: for all that this people speaketh, is a conspiracy: neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. . . .

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my saviour, I will deal confidently, and will not fear: because the Lord is my strength, and my praise, and he is become my salvation.

Isaiah 26:3,4,20,21 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee. . . .

Habakkuk 3:16-18 I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded. . . .

Luke 21:19 In your patience you shall possess your souls.

John 14:1,27 Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:2 That you be not easily moved from your sense nor be terrified, neither by spirit nor by word nor by epistle. as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand.

1 Peter 3:14,15 But if also you suffer any thing for justice' sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear: and be not troubled. . . .

must.

Matthew 26:54 How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

Luke 22:37 For I say to you that this that is written must yet be fulfilled in me. And with the wicked was he reckoned. For the things concerning me have an end.

Acts 27:24-26 Saying: Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar; and behold, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. . . .

but.

Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations: and then shall the consummation come.

Daniel 9:24-27 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the Saint of saints may be anointed. . . .

Context
Signs of the End of the Age
5For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will seduce many. 6And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places.…
Cross References
Isaiah 7:4
And thou shalt say to him: See thou be quiet: fear not, and let not thy heart be afraid of the two tails of these firebrands, smoking with the wrath of the fury of Rasin king of Syria, and of the son of Romelia.

Matthew 2:3
And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Mark 13:7
And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, fear ye not. For such things must needs be: but the end is not yet.

Revelation 6:4
And there went out another horse that was red. And to him that sat thereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth: and that they should kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.

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