Matthew 24:8
Matthew 24:8 New International Version (NIV)
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
Matthew 24:4-8 The Message (MSG)
Jesus said, “Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.’ They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don’t panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming.
Matthew 24:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
Matthew 24:8 New Century Version (NCV)
These things are like the first pains when something new is about to be born.
Matthew 24:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
But all these things are the beginning of travail.
Matthew 24:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble].
Matthew 24:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.