AND Jesus departing was going his way from the temple: and his
disciples came to him, to point out to his observation the buildings of
the temple. (2)But Jesus said unto them, Do you not see all these
things? I tell you of a certainty, There shall not be left here one
stone upon another, which shall not be utterly thrown down.
(3)Then as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came
to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall there things be? and what
is the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age? (4)And
Jesus answering said unto them, Beware that no man deceive you. (5)For
many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive
multitudes. (6)And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that
ye be not terrified: for these things must first be, but the end is not
yet. (7)For nation shall be roused up against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in diverse places. (8)Now all these things are the
beginning of the travailing pangs. (9)Then shall they deliver you up to
affliction, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations
for my name's sake. (10)And then shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and hate one another. (11)And many false prophets
shall arise, and shall deceive many. (12)And because iniquity shall
abound, the love of many will grow cool. (13)But he that endureth to
the end, that man will be saved. (14)And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached through the whole world for a testimony to all the
nations: and then shall come the final close. (15)When therefore ye see
the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, erected
in the holy place, (let him that readeth, mark this,) (16)then let such
as are in Judea flee into the mountains. (17)Let not him who is upon
the roof go down to take any thing out of his house. (18)And he that is
in the field, let him not turn back to take his garment. (19)But wo to
those who are with child, and have an infant at their breasts in those
days! (20)And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor on the
sabbath. (21)For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was
from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be. (22)And
except those days were shortened, there would be no flesh saved: but
for the elect's sake these days shall be shortened. (23)Then if any man
say unto you, Lo! here is the Messiah, or there; believe it not:
(24)for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out
great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even
the elect. (25)Behold, I have forewarned you. (26)Therefore if they say
to you, He is in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret
closets; believe it not. (27)For as the lightning cometh out from the
east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of
man. (28)For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together. (29)Then, immediately after the tribulation of those
days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken. (30)And then shall the sign of the Son of man appear
in the heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth lament
bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. (31)And he shall send forth his
angels with a trumpet, and a great shout, and they shall gather
together his elect from the four winds, from the extremities of the
heavens to the extremities of the same.
(32)Learn then a parable from the fig-tree; when its branch is now
tender, and the leaves shoot forth, ye know that summer is nigh:
(33)just so ye, when ye behold these things, know that it is near, even
at the gates. (34)Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
away until all these things shall be done. (35)Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. (36)But of that day
and hour no man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father
alone. (37)But as the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of
the Son of man be. (38)For as they were in the days preceding the
deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the
day that Noah entered into the ark, (39)and they knew it not till the
deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the
Son of man be. (40)Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be
taken, and the other dismissed. (41)Two women grinding at the mill; the
one taken, the other dismissed. (42)Watch therefore: for ye know not at
what hour your Master cometh. (43)And this observe, that if the master
of the family had known in which watch of the night the thief would
have come, he would have watched, and not have suffered him to break
into his house. (44)Therefore be ye also prepared: for in an hour that
ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
(45)Who then is the faithful and provident servant, whom his Lord hath
appointed over his household, to give them meat in the proper time?
(46)Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find
thus occupied. (47)Verily I say unto you, that he will place him over
all his substance. (48)But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My
master will be a long while ere he comes; (49)and shall begin to beat
his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; (50)the
master of that servant will come in a day that he doth not expect him,
and at an hour which he knoweth not. (51)And will cut him asunder, and
give him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.