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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!" |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"Do you see all these great buildings?" replied Jesus. "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?" |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Jesus said to them: "Watch out that no one deceives you. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive many. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Pray that this will not take place in winter, |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now--and never to be equaled again. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20"If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24"But in those days, following that distress, "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35"Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!'" |
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