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Chapter 21
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And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their
gifts into the treasury. |
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And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither
two mites. |
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And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor
widow hath cast in more than they all: |
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For all these have of their abundance cast in unto
the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast
in all the living that she had. |
5
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And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned
with goodly stones and gifts, he said, |
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As for these things which ye behold, the days will
come, in the which there shall not be left one stone
upon another, that shall not be thrown down. |
7
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And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall
these things be? and what sign will there be when these
things shall come to pass? |
8
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And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. |
9
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But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not
terrified: for these things must first come to pass;
but the end is not by and by. |
10
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Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: |
11
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And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and
famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven. |
12
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But before all these, they shall lay their hands on
you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues,
and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers
for my name's sake. |
13
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And it shall turn to you for a testimony. |
14
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Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate
before what ye shall answer: |
15
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For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. |
16
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And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,
and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they
cause to be put to death. |
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And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. |
18
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But there shall not an hair of your head perish. |
19
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In your patience possess ye your souls. |
20
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And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,
then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. |
21
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Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
and let them which are in the midst of it depart out;
and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. |
22
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For these be the days of vengeance, that all things
which are written may be fulfilled. |
23
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But woe unto them that are with child, and to them
that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great
distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. |
24
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall
be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled. |
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And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon,
and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; |
26
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Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking
after those things which are coming on the earth: for
the powers of heaven shall be shaken. |
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And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory. |
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And when these things begin to come to pass, then look
up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh. |
29
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And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,
and all the trees; |
30
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When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your
own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. |
31
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So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass,
know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. |
32
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Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
away, till all be fulfilled. |
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Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall
not pass away. |
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And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness,
and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you
unawares. |
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For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell
on the face of the whole earth. |
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Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall
come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. |
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And in the day time he was teaching in the temple;
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that
is called the mount of Olives. |
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And all the people came early in the morning to him
in the temple, for to hear him. |
