¹And when he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, "Teacher, behold, what stones and what buildings!"

²And Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Stone will never be left here upon stone which will never be thrown down."

³And when he is sitting upon the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him in private,

⁴"Tell us: when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things may soon be accomplished, all of them?"

⁵And Jesus, answering, began to say to them, "Take heed lest anyone may mislead you.

⁶For many will come in my name, saying that 'I am he,' and they will mislead many.

⁷When then you may hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not disturbed; for it must come to pass, but not yet is the end.

⁸For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes throughout places; and there will be famines and disturbance. These are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹However take heed, you yourselves, to yourselves; for they will deliver you to courts, and in synagogues you will be beaten, and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, for a testimony to them.

¹⁰And first it behooves to proclaim the good news to all the nations.

¹¹And now when they may lead you away, delivering you up, be not anxious beforehand what you may say nor devise; but whatever shall be given to you in that very hour, that speak; for you are not yourselves those who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

¹²And now brother will deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.

¹³And you will be hated by all on account of my name; however the one having endured to the end, he will be saved.

¹⁴When then you may see the abomination of the desolation, which having been spoken of by Daniel the prophet, already standing where it should not — the one who reads, he should understand — then those in Judea, they should flee to the mountains;

¹⁵and the one upon the housetop should not come down into the house nor go in to take anything out of his house;

¹⁶and the one being in the field should not return to the things back, to take his clothing.

¹⁷Then woe to those having pregnancy in the womb and to the ones nursing infants in those days!

¹⁸Then pray that your flight may not happen in winter.

¹⁹For in those days will be tribulation, such as never has been the like from the beginning of creation, which God created, until the now — and will never happen.

²⁰And unless the Lord shortened the days, not then would any flesh have been saved; but on account of the chosen, whom he chose, he has shortened the days.

²¹And then if anyone shall say to you, 'Behold, here is the Anointed One,' or 'Behold, there!' you do not trust it.

²²For there will arise false Christs and false prophets and will give signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen.

²³However you yourselves, take heed; behold, I have foretold to you all things.

²⁴But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

²⁵and the stars will be falling out of the sky, and the powers that are in the skies will be shaken.

²⁶And then will they behold the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷And then he will send his messengers and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of earth until the end of the skies.

²⁸Now of the fig tree learn the parable: when its branch already may become tender, and may put forth the leaves, you know that the summer is near.

²⁹So also you yourselves, when you may see these things coming to pass, know that he is near, at the doors.

³⁰Amen, I say to you that this generation will never have passed away until these things, all of them, happen.

³¹The skies and the earth will pass away, but my words certainly will not pass away.

³²Now concerning that day or the hour, no one knows, not even the messengers in heaven, nor the Son, only except the Father.

³³Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the appointed-time is.

³⁴It is like a man going on a journey, when he had left his house and had given to his slaves the authority, and to each one his work, and the doorkeeper he commanded that he may keep watch.

³⁵Therefore watch; for you do not know when the master of the house comes, or at evening or at midnight or when the rooster crows or morning;

³⁶lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping.

³⁷Now what thing I say to you, I say to all: watch."