And he
looked up, and saw the rich men casting their
gifts into the treasury.
02 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting
in thither two mites.
03 And he said, Of a truth I say unto
you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than
they all:
04 For all these have of
their abundance cast in unto the offerings of
God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the
living that she had.
05 And as some spake of the
temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and
gifts, he said,
06 As for these things which ye
behold, the days will come, in the which there
shall not be left one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.
07 And they asked him, saying,
Master, but when shall these things be? and what
sign will there be when these things shall come
to pass?
08 And he said, Take heed that ye be not
deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying,
I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not
therefore after them.
09 But when ye shall hear
of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for
these things must first come to pass; but the end
is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes
shall be in divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs
shall there be from heaven.
12 But before all these,
they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute
you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and
into prisons, being brought before kings and
rulers for my name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you
for a testimony.
14 Settle it therefore in
your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall
answer:
15 For I will give you a
mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed
both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, 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 But there shall not an
hair of your head perish.
19 In your patience possess
ye your souls.
20 And when ye shall see
Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that
the desolation thereof is nigh.
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21 Then let them which are
in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them
which are in the midst of it depart out; and let
not them that are in the countries enter
thereinto.
22 For these be the days of
vengeance, that all things which are written may
be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that
are with child, and to them that give suck, in
those days! for there shall be great distress in
the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 And they shall fall by
the edge of the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all 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 the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations, with
perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing
them for fear, and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see
the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory.
28 And when these things
begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
your heads; for 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 and know of your own selves that
summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye
see these things come to pass, know ye that the
kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you,
This generation shall not pass away, till all be
fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall
pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to
yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and
cares of this life, and so that day come upon you
unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it
come on all them that dwell on the face of the
whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and
pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of man.
37 And in the day time he was
teaching in the temple; and at night he went out,
and abode in the mount that is called the mount
of Olives.
38 And all the people came early in the morning
to him in the temple, for to hear him.
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