And Jesus went out, and departed from the
temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings
of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these
things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one
stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And as he sat
upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be
the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear
of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for
all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For
nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then
shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you:
and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,
and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the
love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the
end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and
then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomination
of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which
be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the
housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither
let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck
in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time,
no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake
those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto
you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall
arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great
signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. 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. For
as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto
the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever
the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 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: And
then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the
Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 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, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet
the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And
at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed
their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your
oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying,
Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather
to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 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. Afterward came
also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he
answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling
into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered
unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another
two, and to another one; to every man according to his several
ability; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received
the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them
other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he
also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged
in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. After a long time
the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And
so 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. His lord
said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over
many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that
had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst
unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside
them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant;
thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler
over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he
which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew
thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,
and gathering where thou hast not strawed: And I was afraid, and
went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that
is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and
slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not,
and gather where I have not strawed: Thou oughtest therefore to
have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should
have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from
him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every
one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but
from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he
hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
When the Son of man shall come in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory: 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: And he shall set the sheep on his right
hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto
them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked,
and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,
and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and
gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in?
or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison,
and came unto thee? 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 unto me. Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me,
ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye
visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked,
or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 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.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal.
