left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came unto him, saying, Tell us, when shall all these things be?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you in any way.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled for these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes, in divers places.

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8 And all these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations on account of my name.

IO And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

II And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And then shall be preached this gospel of the kingdom in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end

come.

15 And when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in

the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand,)

16 Then they which are in Judæa shall flee into the mountains:

17 And they which are under a roof shall not escape, nor take any thing out of their house:

18 And they which are in the field shall not return back to take their goods.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the sake of the chosen the days shall be shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe him not.

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, so that, if possible, even the chosen should be led into error.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall the coming of the Son of man be.

28 Wheresoever the body is, there will the eagles gather themselves together.

29 And immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the

sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken :

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all the tribes of the earth bewail themselves, and shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with great power and glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a trumpet and a mighty voice, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, and from the highest to the lowest heavens.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branch is yet tender, and leaves are born, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This nation shall not pass, till all things be fulfilled.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass

away.

36 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, neither the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

37 But as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also at the coming of the Son of man.

38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.

42 Watch therefore; for ye know not what day or what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for ye know not at what hour the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, He shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping there and gnashing of teeth.

XXV1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten vir

gins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

2 And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

3 Now the five foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in vessels with their lamps.

5 And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

9 The wise answered, saying, Not so; lest perchance there be not enough for us and you go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

IO And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

II In the end came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore; for ye know not the hour.

14 It is as though a man travelling into a far country called his servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his special ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the

five talents went and traded with the same, and made other five talents.

17 Likewise he also that had received two talents, gained other two.

18 But he that received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.

20 And he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant because thou hast been faith

ful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter into the joy of the Lord thy God.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter into the joy of the Lord thy God.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I know that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewn :

25 And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, here thou hast that which is thine.

26 But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and

slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewn :

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even the things that he seemeth to have shall be taken away.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping there and gnashing of teeth.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them that shall be on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which was prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 I was naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me:

I was in prison, and ye came unto

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it also unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them that shall be on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire, which hath been prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink :

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 Then shall these go away into the eternal fire; but the righteous into the eternal life.

XXVI1And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to be crucified.

3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the hall of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10 And Jesus knew it, and said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? she hath wrought a good work upon me.

II For the poor ye will always have with you; but me ye will not have always.

12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this thing that she did, be told for a memorial of her.

14 Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will betray him unto you? And they cove

nanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

18 And Jesus said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

20 Now when the even was come, Jesus sat down to meat with his twelve disciples.

21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say, Is it I, Lord?

23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.

24 The Son of man indeed goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed! it had been good for him if that man had not been born.

25 And Judas, who had betrayed him, said, Master, is it I? Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed God, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, and eat; for this is my body.