The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 As Yeshua left the Temple and was going away, his talmidim came and called his attention to its buildings.
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And Jesus went out of the Temple, and on the way his disciples came to him, pointing out the buildings of the Temple.
2 But he answered them, "You see all these? Yes! I tell you, they will be totally destroyed -- not a single stone will be left standing!"
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But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.
3 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that you are coming, and that the `olam hazeh is ending?"
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And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Make clear to us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?
4 Yeshua replied: "Watch out! Don't let anyone fool you!
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And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.
5 For many will come in my name, saying, `I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.
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For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.
6 You will hear the noise of wars nearby and the news of wars far off; see to it that you don't become frightened. Such things must happen, but the end is yet to come.
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And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.
7 For peoples will fight each other, nations will fight each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various parts of the world;
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For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;
8 all this is but the beginning of the `birth pains.'
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But all these things are the first of the troubles.
9 At that time you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and put to death, and all peoples will hate you because of me.
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Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
10 At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other,
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And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.
11 many false prophets will appear and fool many people;
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And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.
12 and many people's love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.
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And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
13 But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered.
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But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
14 And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the end will come.
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And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.
15 "So when you see the abomination that causes devastation spoken about through the prophet Dani'el standing in the Holy Place" (let the reader understand the allusion),
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When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
16 "that will be the time for those in Y'hudah to escape to the hills.
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Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:
17 If someone is on the roof, he must not go down to gather his belongings from his house;
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Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:
18 if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.
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And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.
19 What a terrible time it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
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But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.
20 Pray that you will not have to escape in winter or on Shabbat.
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And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.
21 For there will be trouble then worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again!
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Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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