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left the temple and was going away, when His disciples came up and called His attention to the buildings of the temple. 2 He replied to them, “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.”
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached Him privately, and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
4 Jesus answered them, “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ’, and they will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see that you are not alarmed. All these things must take place, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these events are the beginning of the birth pains.
9 “Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10 Then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another, 11 and many false prophets will arise and deceive many. 12 Because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel” (let the reader understand), 16 “then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 A man who is on the housetop must not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And a man who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. 19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be equalled again. 22 Unless those days had been cut short, no one would survive; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. 24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand.
26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘Look, He is in the wilderness!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’, do not believe it. 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days:
‘The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken’.
30 “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all of the peoples of the earth will mourn, for they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that He is near, even at the door! 34 I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have taken place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark. 39 Then they knew nothing about what was about to happen, until the flood came and swept them all away. This is how it will be also at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 “Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.
42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this: If the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you must also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing. 47 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delayed’, 49 and he starts beating his fellow servants, and eating and drinking with drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. 51 He will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”