¹ Y SALIDO Jesús, íbase del templo; y se llegaron sus discípulos, para mostrarle los edificios del templo.

² Y respondiendo él, les dijo: ¿Veis todo esto? de cierto os digo, que no será dejada aquí piedra sobre piedra, que no sea destruída.

³ Y sentándose él en el monte de las Olivas, se llegaron á él los discípulos aparte, diciendo: Dinos, ¿cuándo serán estas cosas, y qué señal habrá de tu venida, y del fin del mundo?

⁴ Y respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Mirad que nadie os engañe.

⁵ Porque vendrán muchos en mi nombre, diciendo: Yo soy el Cristo; y á muchos engañarán.

⁶ Y oiréis guerras, y rumores de guerras: mirad que no os turbéis; porque es menester que todo esto acontezca; mas aún no es el fin.

⁷ Porque se levantará nación contra nación, y reino contra reino; y habrá pestilencias, y hambres, y terremotos por los lugares.

⁸ Y todas estas cosas, principio de dolores.

⁹ Entonces os entregarán para ser afligidos, y os matarán; y seréis aborrecidos de todas las gentes por causa de mi nombre.

¹⁰ Y muchos entonces serán escandalizados; y se entregarán unos á otros, y unos á otros se aborrecerán.

¹¹ Y muchos falsos profetas se levantarán y engañarán á muchos.

¹² Y por haberse multiplicado la maldad, la caridad de muchos se resfriará.

¹³ Mas el que perseverare hasta el fin, éste será salvo.

¹⁴ Y será predicado este evangelio del reino en todo el mundo, por testimonio á todos los Gentiles; y entonces vendrá el fin.

¹⁵ Por tanto, cuando viereis la abominación del asolamiento, que fué dicha por Daniel profeta, que estará en el lugar santo, (el que lee, entienda),

¹⁶ Entonces los que están en Judea, huyan á los montes;

¹⁷ Y el que sobre el terrado, no descienda á tomar algo de su casa;

¹⁸ Y el que en el campo, no vuelva atrás á tomar sus vestidos.

¹⁹ Mas ­ay de las preñadas, y de las que crían en aquellos días!

²⁰ Orad, pues, que vuestra huída no sea en invierno ni en sábado;

²¹ Porque habrá entonces grande aflicción, cual no fué desde el principio del mundo hasta ahora, ni será.

²² Y si aquellos días no fuesen acortados, ninguna carne sería salva; mas por causa de los escogidos, aquellos días serán acortados.

²³ Entonces, si alguno os dijere: He aquí está el Cristo, ó allí, no creáis.

²⁴ Porque se levantarán falsos Cristos, y falsos profetas, y darán señales grandes y prodigios; de tal manera que engañarán, si es posible, aun á los escogidos.

²⁵ He aquí os lo he dicho antes.

²⁶ Así que, si os dijeren: He aquí en el desierto está; no salgáis: He aquí en las cámaras; no creáis.

²⁷ Porque como el relámpago que sale del oriente y se muestra hasta el occidente, así será también la venida del Hijo del hombre.

²⁸ Porque donde quiera que estuviere el cuerpo muerto, allí se juntarán las águilas.

²⁹ Y luego después de la aflicción de aquellos días, el sol se obscurecerá, y la luna no dará su lumbre, y las estrellas caerán del cielo, y las virtudes de los cielos serán conmovidas.

³⁰ Y entonces se mostrará la señal del Hijo del hombre en el cielo; y entonces lamentarán todas las tribus de la tierra, y verán al Hijo del hombre que vendrá sobre las nubes del cielo, con grande poder y gloria.

³¹ Y enviará sus ángeles con gran voz de trompeta, y juntarán sus escogidos de los cuatro vientos, de un cabo del cielo hasta el otro.

³² De la higuera aprended la parábola: Cuando ya su rama se enternece, y las hojas brotan, sabéis que el verano está cerca.

³³ Así también vosotros, cuando viereis todas estas cosas, sabed que está cercano, á las puertas.

³⁴ De cierto os digo, que no pasará esta generación, que todas estas cosas no acontezcan.

³⁵ El cielo y la tierra pasarán, mas mis palabras no pasarán.

³⁶ Empero del día y hora nadie sabe, ni aun los ángeles de los cielos, sino mi Padre solo.

³⁷ Mas como los días de Noé, así será la venida del Hijo del hombre.

³⁸ Porque como en los días antes del diluvio estaban comiendo y bebiendo, casándose y dando en casamiento, hasta el día que Noé entró en el arca,

³⁹ Y no conocieron hasta que vino el diluvio y llevó á todos, así será también la venida del Hijo del hombre.

⁴⁰ Entonces estarán dos en el campo; el uno será tomado, y el otro será dejado:

⁴¹ Dos mujeres moliendo á un molinillo; la una será tomada, y la otra será dejada.

⁴² Velad pues, porque no sabéis á qué hora ha de venir vuestro Señor.

⁴³ Esto empero sabed, que si el padre de la familia supiese á cuál vela el ladrón había de venir, velaría, y no dejaría minar su casa.

⁴⁴ Por tanto, también vosotros estad apercibidos; porque el Hijo del hombre ha de venir á la hora que no pensáis.

⁴⁵ ¿Quién pues es el siervo fiel y prudente, al cual puso su señor sobre su familia para que les dé alimento á tiempo?

⁴⁶ Bienaventurado aquel siervo, al cual, cuando su señor viniere, le hallare haciendo así.

⁴⁷ De cierto os digo, que sobre todos sus bienes le pondrá.

⁴⁸ Y si aquel siervo malo dijere en su corazón Mi señor se tarda en venir:

⁴⁹ Y comenzare á herir á sus consiervos, y aun á comer y á beber con los borrachos;

⁵⁰ Vendrá el señor de aquel siervo en el día que no espera, y á la hora que no sabe,

⁵¹ Y le cortará por medio, y pondrá su parte con los hipócritas: allí será el lloro y el crujir de dientes.

¹ He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."

² After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

³ His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.

⁴ Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.

⁵ Peter answered Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

⁶ For he didn't know what to say, for they were very afraid.

⁷ A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

⁸ Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.

⁹ As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

¹⁰ They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

¹¹ They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

¹² He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

¹³ But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

¹⁴ Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

¹⁵ Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him greeted him.

¹⁶ He asked the scribes, "What are you asking them?"

¹⁷ One of the multitude answered, "Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;

¹⁸ and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."

¹⁹ He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

²⁰ They brought him to him, and when he saw him, immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground, wallowing and foaming at the mouth.

²¹ He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.

²² Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us, and help us."

²³ Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."

²⁴ Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"

²⁵ When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, "You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!"

²⁶ Having cried out, and convulsed greatly, it came out of him. The boy became like one dead; so much that most of them said, "He is dead."

²⁷ But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.

²⁸ When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?"

²⁹ He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."

³⁰ They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn't want anyone to know it.

³¹ For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."

³² But they didn't understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

³³ He came to Capernaum, and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing among yourselves on the way?"

³⁴ But they were silent, for they had disputed one with another on the way about who was the greatest.

³⁵ He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, "If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all."

³⁶ He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,

³⁷ "Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."

³⁸ John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."

³⁹ But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

⁴⁰ For whoever is not against us is on our side.

⁴¹ For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

⁴² Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.

⁴³ If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

⁴⁴ 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

⁴⁵ If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--

⁴⁶ 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

⁴⁷ If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,

⁴⁸ 'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

⁴⁹ For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

⁵⁰ Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."