Matthew 24:8

New American Bible - revised edition

All these are the beginning of the labor pains.

Cross References

Isaiah 10:4

Lest it sink beneath the captive or fall beneath the slain? For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!

Isaiah 9:12

The people do not turn back to the one who struck them, nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 9:17

For wickedness burns like fire, devouring brier and thorn; It kindles the forest thickets, which go up in columns of smoke.

Hosea 13:13

The birth pangs will come for him, but this is an unwise child, Who, when it is time, does not present himself at the mouth of the womb.

Mark 13:8

Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes from place to place and there will be famines. These are the beginnings of the labor pains. The Coming Persecution.

Luke 21:12

“Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.

Deuteronomy 28:59

the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants wondrous calamities, severe and constant calamities, and malignant and constant sicknesses.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

James 5:1

Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.