there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these
are
the
beginnings of sorrows.
9
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues
ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony
against them.
10
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
11
But when they shall
lead
you,
and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye
premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak,
but the Holy Ghost.
12
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son;
and children shall rise up against
their
parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
13
And ye
shall be hated of all
men
for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall
be saved.
14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing
where it ought not,
(let him that readeth understand,)
then let them that be in Judaea flee to the
mountains:
15
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter
therein,
to take any thing out of his house:
16
And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take
up his garment.
17
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
18
And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
19
For
in
those days shall be affliction, such as
was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
20
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s
sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
21
And then if any man shall say to you,
Lo, here
is
Christ; or, lo,
he is
there; believe
him
not:
22
For false Christs and false prophets shall
rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if
it were
possible, even the elect.
23
But take
ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light,
25
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
26
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27
And
then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
28
Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
29
So ye in
like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh,
even
at the doors.
30
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
31
Heaven
and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
32
But of that day and
that
hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither
the Son, but the Father.
33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34
For
the Son of man is
as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants,
and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
35
Watch ye therefore: for ye
know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or
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