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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny 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 of them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4For all these people have put in gifts 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 were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"These things that you see--the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Teacher," they asked him, "so when will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?" |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then he said, "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Don't follow them. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9When you hear of wars and rebellions, don't be alarmed. Indeed, it is necessary that these things take place first, but the end won't come right away." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Then he told them: "Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13This will give you an opportunity to bear witness. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17You will be hated by everyone because of my name, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18but not a hair of your head will be lost. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19By your endurance, gain your lives. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They will be killed by the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25"Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the waves. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26People will faint from fear and expectation of the things that are coming on the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near." |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30As soon as they put out leaves you can see for yourselves and recognize that summer is already near. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31In the same way, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all things take place. |
| 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] | 34"Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35like a trap. For it will come on all who live on the face of the whole earth. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36But be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man." |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37During the day, he was teaching in the temple, but in the evening he would go out and spend the night on what is called the Mount of Olives. |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear him in the temple. |
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