And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury,
but he saw also a certain poor widow casting into it two mites.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor woman hath cast in more than all;
for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts, but she out of her need hath cast in all the living which she had.
And as some spoke of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and consecrated offerings, he said,
[As for] these things which ye are beholding, days are coming in which stone shall not be left upon stone which shall not be thrown down.
And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be? and what [is] the sign when these things are going to take place?
And he said, See that ye be not misled. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he]; and the time is drawn nigh: go ye not after them.
And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults be not terrified; for these things must first take place, but the end [is] not immediately.
Then said he to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
there shall be both great earthquakes in different places and pestilences and famines, and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, bringing before kings and governors on account of my name;
but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your] defence;
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist or reply unto.
Moreover ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death [some] from among you,
and ye will be hated by all on account of my name;
and a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.
By your patient endurance gain your souls.
But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
Then let those who are in Judea flee unto the mountains, and those in the midst of it depart out, and those in the fields not enter into it.
For these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be accomplished.
Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be fulfilled.
And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity, for at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,
men ready to die through fear and expectation of the things coming on the habitable earth; for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draweth nigh.
And he spoke a parable to them, Behold the fig-tree and all the trees:
when they already sprout, by looking ye know of your own selves that already summer is near.
So also ye, when ye see these things take place, know that the kingdom of God is near.
Verily I say unto you that this generation shall in no wise pass away until all come to pass.
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
for as a snare it will come upon all that are settled down upon the face of the whole earth.
But watch, at every season praying that ye may be deemed worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
And by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called [the mount] of Olives;
and all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.