And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

because these are days of vengeance, ¹  to fulfill ²  all that is written.

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted ¹  together to kill him,

taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

For just like the days of Noah ¹  were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, ¹  and at that time ²  they will fast.

“I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat.

When his time of service was over, ¹  he went to his home.

While ¹  they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. ² 

But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, ¹  at that time ²  they will fast.”

Now ¹  when the time came for their ²  purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary ³  brought Jesus ⁴  up to Jerusalem ⁵  to present him to the Lord

Now ¹  about eight days ²  after these sayings, Jesus ³  took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray.

Then ¹  he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days ²  of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build ¹  an embankment ²  against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. ¹  All will be torn down!” ² 

For this is certain: ¹  The days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’ ² 

When he saw that this pleased the Jews, ¹  he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) ² 

As you can verify ¹  for yourself, not more than twelve days ago ²  I went up to Jerusalem ³  to worship.

Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests ¹  cannot mourn while the bridegroom ²  is with them, can they? But the days ³  are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, ⁴  and then they will fast.

For in those days there will be suffering ¹  unlike anything that has happened ²  from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.