Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple

¹yAnd as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? zThere will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

Signs of the End of the Age

³And as he sat on athe Mount of Olives opposite the temple, bPeter and James and John and cAndrew asked him dprivately, ⁴“Tell us, ewhen will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵And Jesus began to say to them, f“See that no one leads you astray. ⁶gMany will come in my name, saying, h‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. ⁷And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, ido not be alarmed. This jmust take place, but the end is not yet. ⁸For knation will rise against nation, and lkingdom against kingdom. There will be mearthquakes in various places; there will be nfamines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

⁹o“But pbe on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten qin synagogues, and you will stand before rgovernors and skings for my sake, tto bear witness before them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed uto all nations. ¹¹And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over, vdo not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but say wwhatever is given you in that hour, xfor it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹²yAnd brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. ¹³zAnd you will be hated by all for my name's sake. aBut the one who endures to the end will be saved.

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁴“But when you see bthe abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be (clet the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁵dLet the one who is on ethe housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, ¹⁶and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. ¹⁷And falas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! ¹⁸Pray that it may not happen in winter. ¹⁹For in those days there will be gsuch htribulation as has not been ifrom the beginning of the creation that jGod created until now, and never will be. ²⁰And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for kthe sake of the elect, whom lhe chose, he shortened the days. ²¹And mthen if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. ²²nFor false christs and false prophets will arise and operform signs and wonders, pto lead astray, if possible, qthe elect. ²³But rbe on guard; sI have told you all things beforehand.

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴“But in those days, after tthat tribulation, uthe sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, ²⁵and vthe stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶And then they will see wthe Son of Man coming in clouds xwith great power and glory. ²⁷And then yhe will send out the angels and zgather ahis elect from bthe four winds, from cthe ends of the earth dto the ends of heaven.

The Lesson of the Fig Tree

²⁸“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, eat the very gates. ³⁰fTruly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ³¹gHeaven and earth will pass away, but hmy words will not pass away.

No One Knows That Day or Hour

³²“But concerning that day or that hour, ino one knows, not even the angels in heaven, jnor the Son, kbut only the Father. ³³lBe on guard, mkeep awake.1 For you do not know when the time will come. ³⁴nIt is like a man ogoing on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants2 in charge, peach with his work, and commands qthe doorkeeper to stay awake. ³⁵rTherefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, sin the evening, or sat midnight, or twhen the rooster crows,3 or uin the morning— ³⁶lest vhe come suddenly and wfind you asleep. ³⁷And what I say to you I say to all: rStay awake.”

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