¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

¹ And^◦ as He looked·​·up He saw^◦ the rich casting their gifts into the treasury.

² And^◦ He saw^◦ also a certain poor^◦ widow casting in thither two mites.^*

³ And He said, Truly I say to you that this poor widow has cast in more than they all.

⁴ For all these from their excess have cast into the gifts of God; but^◦ she from what she lacks has cast in all the living that she had.

⁵ And as some spoke of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and consecrated·​·gifts, He said,

⁶ As for these things which you behold, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone which shall not be undone.

⁷ And^◦ they asked Him, saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be, and what is the sign when these things shall come to pass?

⁸ And^◦ He said^◦, See^▫ that you be not^◦ led·​·astray, for^◦ many shall come in^▫ My name, saying, I^◦ am, and, The time is·​·near. Go ye not^◦ therefore after^◦ them.

⁹ But^◦ when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not^◦ terrified; for^◦ these·​·things must first come·​·to·​·pass, but the end is not straightway.

¹⁰ Then He said to them, Nation shall rise·​·up against^◦ nation, and kingdom against^◦ kingdom.

¹¹ And there shall be great earthquakes in various^* places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful things and great signs shall be from heaven.

¹² But^◦ before all these things they shall thrust· their hands ·on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought^◦ before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

¹³ But^◦ it shall turn into testimony for you.

¹⁴ Put therefore into your hearts, not^◦ to premeditate what you shall respond.

¹⁵ For^◦ I^◦ will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all those opposing you shall not be·​·able to talk·​·against nor stand·​·against.

¹⁶ And^◦ you shall be betrayed by both parents and brothers, both kinsfolk and friends, and they shall put· some of you ·to·​·death.

¹⁷ And you shall be hated by all on account of My name.

¹⁸ And there shall not a hair of your head perish.

¹⁹ In your patience you possess your souls.

²⁰ And^◦ when you shall see^◦ Jerusalem surrounded with armies, then know ye that her desolation is near.

²¹ Then let those in Judea flee to^◦ the mountains, and let those in the midst of her depart·​·out, and let not^◦ those in the countryside enter into her.

²² For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

²³ But^◦ woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who nurse, in those^▵ days! For^◦ there shall be great necessity on the earth, and anger upon this people.

²⁴ And they shall fall by the mouth^* of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden by the nations, until the times of the nations be fulfilled.

²⁵ And there shall be signs in the sun and moon and stars^◦, and on the earth anguish of nations in perplexity, the sea and the waves^◦ resounding;

²⁶ men whose souls·​·go·​·out for fear and the expectation of those things that are coming on the inhabited·​·earth; for^◦ the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and much glory.

²⁸ But^◦ when these things begin to come to pass, stand·​·up^◦ and lift·​·up^◦ your heads, because your redemption is near.

²⁹ And He told a parable to them; See^◦ the fig·​·tree and all the trees!

³⁰ When they already shoot·​·forth, seeing^▫ it you know of yourselves that summer is already near.

³¹ So also you, when you see^◦ these·​·things come·​·to·​·pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is near.

³² Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass away until all things come·​·to·​·pass.

³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but^◦ My words shall not pass away.

³⁴ But^◦ take·​·heed to yourselves lest your hearts be heavy with feasting and drunkenness and anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.

³⁵ For as a snare shall it come upon all who sit upon the face of all the earth.

³⁶ Be· ye ·sleepless, therefore, entreating in every time, that^◦ you may be held·​·worthy to escape all these·​·things that are·​·about to come·​·to·​·pass, and to stand in·​·front·​·of the Son of Man.

³⁷ And^◦ in the day He was teaching in the temple, but^◦ going out at night He stayed in the mountain called the Mount of Olives.

³⁸ And all the people came·​·early·​·in·​·the·​·morning^◦ to Him in the temple to hear Him.