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And as
he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see
what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left
one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of
Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him
privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be?
and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus answering them began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
6 For many
shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
7 And when ye
shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such
things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are
the beginnings of sorrows.
9 But take heed
to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the
synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and
kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
10 And the
gospel must first be published among all nations.
11 But when
they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand
what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given
you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy
Ghost.
12 Now the brother
shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall
rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to
death.
13 And ye shall
be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto
the end, the same shall be saved.
14 But when ye
shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them
that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him
that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein,
to take any thing out of his house:
16 And let him
that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
17 But woe to
them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18 And pray ye
that your flight be not in the winter.
19 For in
those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the
creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20 And except
that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the
elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21 And then if
any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is
there; believe him not:
22 For false
Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to
seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye
heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those
days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall
not give her light,
25 And the
stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be
shaken.
26 And then
shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and
glory.
27 And then
shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28 Now learn a
parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth
leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29 So ye in
like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is
nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say
unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31 Heaven and
earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32 But of that
day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in
heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye
heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the
Son of man is as a man taking a far
journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every
man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye
therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or
at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming
suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I
say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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