| 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their
gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw a certain poor widow casting in
thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor
widow cast in more than they all: 4 for all these did of their superfluity
cast in unto the gifts; but she of her want did cast in all the living that
she had. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly
stones and offerings, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the
days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when
therefore shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when
these things are about to come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye
be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he;
and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them. 9 And when ye shall hear
of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to
pass first; but the end is not immediately. 10 Then said he unto them,
Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11 and
there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and
pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12 But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and
shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons,
bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake. 13 It shall
turn out unto you for a testimony. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts,
not to meditate beforehand how to answer: 15 for I will give you a mouth
and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to
gainsay. 16 But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren,
and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put
to death. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 And not a hair of your head shall perish. 19 In your patience ye
shall win your souls. 20 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies,
then know that her desolation is at hand. 21 Then let them that are in
Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her
depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein. 22 For
these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be
fulfilled. 23 Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck
in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath
unto this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden
down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 25 And
there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress
of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are
coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. 27 And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great
glory. 28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift
up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh. 29 And he spake to
them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees: 30 when they now
shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now
nigh. 31 Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye
that the kingdom of God is nigh. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation
shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished. 33 Heaven and earth
shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 But take heed to
yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a
snare: 35 for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the
face of all the earth. 36 But watch ye at every season, making
supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come
to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. 37 And every day he was
teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount
that is called Olivet. 38 And all the people came early in the morning to
him in the temple, to hear him.
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