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And as somespakeof the temple,how it was adorned with goodlystonesandgifts, he said,
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As for these thingswhich ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shallnot be left one stoneuponanother,thatshallnot be thrown down.
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And they askedhim,saying, Master,butwhenshall these thingsbe? andwhatsign will there be when these thingsshall come to pass?
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And he said, Take heed that ye benotdeceived: formany shall comeinmyname,saying*, Iam Christ; and the time[a] draweth near: go yenotthereforeafterthem.
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Butwhen ye shall hear of warsandcommotions,benotterrified: for these thingsmustfirst come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
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Then said he unto them,Nation shall riseagainstnation,andkingdomagainstkingdom:
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Butbeforeallthese, they shall laytheirhandsonyou,andpersecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues,and into prisons, being broughtbeforekingsandrulersformyname'ssake.
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Andwhen ye shall seeJerusalemcompassedwitharmies,thenknowthat the desolationthereof is nigh.
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Then let them which are inJudaeafleeto the mountains;and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; andletnot them that are in the countriesenterthereinto*.
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Forthesebe the days of vengeance, that all thingswhich are written may be fulfilled.
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Butwoeunto them that are with child*, and to them that give suck, inthosedays!for there shall begreatdistressin the land,andwrathuponthispeople.
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,and shall be led away captiveintoallnations:andJerusalem shall be trodden downof the Gentiles,until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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And there shall besignsin the sun,and in the moon,and in the stars;andupon the earthdistress of nations,withperplexity; the seaand the wavesroaring;
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Men's hearts failing themforfear,and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
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Andthen shall they see the Son of mancomingin a cloudwithpowerandgreatglory.
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And when these thingsbegin to come to pass, then look up, and lift upyourheads;foryourredemption draweth nigh.
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And he spake to them a parable;Behold the fig tree,andall the trees;
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When they now shoot forth, ye see and knowof your own selvesthatsummerisnow nigh at hand.
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Solikewiseye,when ye see these things come to pass, know yethat the kingdom of Godis nigh at hand.
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Verily I say unto you*, Thisgenerationshallnot pass away*, tillall be fulfilled.
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And take heed to yourselves, lest at any timeyourhearts be overchargedwithsurfeiting,anddrunkenness,andcares of this life,and so thatdaycomeuponyouunawares.
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Foras a snare shall it comeonall them that dwellon the face of the wholeearth.
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Watch yetherefore, and prayalways**, that ye may be accounted worthy to escapeall these things that shall come to pass, and to standbefore the Son of man.
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And in the day time he wasteachingin the temple;and at night he went out, and abodein the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
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Andall the people came early in the morningtohimin the temple, for to hearhim.