1 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 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
10 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
11 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
12 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
13 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
14 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.
15 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:
16 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:
17 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
18 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
19 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
20 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.
21 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.
22 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.
23 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
24 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
25 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
29 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
30 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
31 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
32 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
33 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
34 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
35 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.
36 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
37 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
38 Verily I say unto you, that this kind shall not pass, till all these things be done.
39 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
40 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
41 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
42 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
43 Take ye heed, watch: for ye know not when the time is.
44 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
45 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
46 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
47 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
48 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
49 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
51 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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