1 | And he looked
up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. |
2 | And he saw also a certain poor widow
casting in thither two mites. |
3
| And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast
in more than they all: |
4 |
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. |
5 | And as some spake of the temple, how it
was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, |
6 | 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. |
7 | 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? |
8 | 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. |
9
| 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:
Isa 19:2
Matt 24:7
Mark 13:8
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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. |
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.
Hosea 9:7
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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.
Isa 13:10
Matt 24:29
Mark 13:25
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27 | And then shall they see
the Son of man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Dan 7:13
Matt 24:30
Mark 13:26
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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. |