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, “Don’t you see all of these things? Most assuredly 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, the same will be saved. 14 This gospel 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
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
oppression, 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 elect’s sake, 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 there will arise false christs, and false
prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray,
if possible, even the elect.
25 “Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26 If therefore they tell you,
‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; ‘Behold, he is in the inner
chambers,’ don’t believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes forth from the
east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures*1 be gathered together. 29 But immediately after the oppression
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 elect 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 puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is
near. 33 Even so you also, when you see all these things,
know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Most assuredly I tell
you, this generation*2 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 be the coming of the Son of Man.
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 ark, 39 and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them
all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be
in the field: one will be taken and one will be left; 41 two women
grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left. 42 Watch
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 assuredly 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 drunken,
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; there is where the weeping and
grinding of teeth will be.
1 or,
eagles 2 The word for “generation” (genea) can also be
translated as “race.”
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