1 Jesus went out from the temple, and
was going on his way. His disciples came
to him to show him the buildings of the
temple.
2 But he answered them, “You see all of
these things, don’t you? Most certainly
I tell you, there will not be left here one
stone on another, that will not be thrown
down.”
3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the
disciples came to him privately, saying,
“Tell us, when will these things be? What
is the sign of your coming, and of the end
of the age?”
4 Jesus answered them, “Be careful that
no one leads you astray.
5 For many will come in my name, saying,
‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many
astray.
6 You will hear of wars and rumors of
wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all
this must happen, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom; and there will
be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in
various places.
8 But all these things are the beginning of
birth pains.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to oppression
and will kill you. You will be
hated by all of the nations for my name’s
sake.
10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver
up one another, and will hate one
another.
11 Many false prophets will arise and will
lead many astray.
12 Because iniquity will be multiplied,
the love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end will be
saved.
14 This Good News of the Kingdom will
be preached in the whole world for a testimony
to all the nations, and then the end
will come.
15 “When, therefore, you see the abomination
of desolation,* which was spoken
of through Daniel the prophet, standing in
the holy place (let the reader understand),
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains.
17 Let him who is on the housetop not go
down to take out the things that are in his
house.
18 Let him who is in the field not return
back to get his clothes.
19 But woe to those who are with child
and to nursing mothers in those days!
20 Pray that your flight will not be in the
winter nor on a Sabbath,
21 for then there will be great suffering,†
such as has not been from the beginning of
the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
22 Unless those days had been shortened,
no flesh would have been saved. But for
the sake of the chosen ones, those days will
be shortened.
23 “Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold,
here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe
it.
24 For false christs and false prophets
will arise, and they will show great signs
and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible,
even the chosen ones.
25 “Behold, I have told you beforehand.
26 “If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold,
he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or
‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t
believe it.
27 For as the lightning flashes from the
east, and is seen even to the west, so will
the coming of the Son of Man be.
28 For wherever the carcass is, that is
where the vultures‡ gather together.
29 “But immediately after the suffering§
of those days, the sun will be darkened, the
moon will not give its light, the stars will
fall from the sky, and the powers of the
heavens will be shaken;*
30 and then the sign of the Son of Man
will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes
of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the
sky with power and great glory.
31 He will send out his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they will gather
together his chosen ones from the four
winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
32 “Now from the fig tree learn this parable:
When its branch has now become
tender and produces its leaves, you know
that the summer is near.
33 Even so you also, when you see all
these things, know that he is near, even at
the doors.
34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation†
will not pass away until all these
things are accomplished.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will not pass away.
36 “But no one knows of that day and
hour, not even the angels of heaven,‡ but
my Father only.
37 As the days of Noah were, so will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
38 For as in those days which were before
the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered into the ship,
39 and they didn’t know until the flood
came and took them all away, so will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
40 Then two men will be in the field: one
will be taken and one will be left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the
mill: one will be taken and one will be left.
42Watch therefore, for you don’t know in
what hour your Lord comes.
43 But know this, that if the master of
the house had known in what watch of the
night the thief was coming, he would have
watched, and would not have allowed his
house to be broken into.
44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour
that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will
come.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise
servant, whom his lord has set over his
household, to give them their food in due
season?
46 Blessed is that servant whom his lord
finds doing so when he comes.
47 Most certainly I tell you that he will set
him over all that he has.
48 But if that evil servant should say in his
heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’
49 and begins to beat his fellow servants,
and eat and drink with the drunkards,
50 the lord of that servant will come in
a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an
hour when he doesn’t know it,
51 and will cut him in pieces and appoint
his portion with the hypocrites. That is
where the weeping and grinding of teeth
will be.
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