Mark 13:8

Weymouth NT

For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

Cross References

Matthew 24:8

but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.

Mark 13:7

But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet.

Mark 13:9

»You yourselves must be on your guard. They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.«

Acts 11:28

one of whom, named Agabus, being instructed by the Spirit, publicly predicted the speedy coming of a great famine throughout the world. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While they are saying »Peace and safety!« then in a moment destruction falls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman who is with child; and escape there is none.

Revelation 6:4

And another horse came out–a fiery-red one; and power was given to its rider to take peace from the earth, and to cause men to kill one another; and a great sword was given to him.