Matthew 24:7-8 "For you see, one ethnic group (or: a nation) will be caused to progressively rise up upon another ethnic group (or: a nation) – even one kingdom upon another kingdom (or: a reign upon a reign) – and there will continue being famines later MSS add: plagues (or: troublesome times) and earthquakes down in various places (or: districts).

JMNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ "For you see, [one] ethnic group (or: a nation) will be caused to progressively rise up upon [another] ethnic group (or: a nation) – even [one] kingdom upon [another] kingdom (or: a reign upon a reign) – and there will continue being famines [later MSS add: plagues (or: troublesome times)] and earthquakes down in [various] places (or: districts). ⁸ "Yet all these things [are but] a beginning of birth pangs [note: = travail to birth something {new}; also: = a time of distress].