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Matthew 24:34

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Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
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  1. Mark 13:30–31Rank 1 from verse 34
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    30Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

    31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

  2. Luke 21:32–33Rank 2 from verse 34
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    32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

    33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

  3. Matthew 16:28Rank 3 from verse 34
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    28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

  4. Matthew 23:36Rank 4 from verse 34
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    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

  5. Luke 11:50Rank 5 from verse 34
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    50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

  6. Matthew 12:45Rank 6 from verse 34
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    45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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Matthew 24:34

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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till

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Sense 1: To cultivate, plough, dress, and work soil for crops. Sense 2: As a time or limit word, until, up to, or as far as the stated point, condition, or event.

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fulfilled

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Filled up, completed, accomplished, performed, satisfied, expired, or brought fully to the appointed result, measure, time, or realization.

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24:29¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

24:31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

24:32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

24:33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

24:34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

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24:35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

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