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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said, |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?” |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.” |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17And you will be hated by everyone because of My name. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Yet not even a hair of your head will perish. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. |
30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. |
31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. |
32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. |
33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. |
34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. |
35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. |
36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.” |
37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives. |
38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38And early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple. |
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