21:1And looking up, he saw those who were putting their gifts into the treasury, rich men. 21:2And he saw also a certain poor little widow putting in two small copper coins. 21:3And he said: "Truly I say to you, that this poor widow has put in more than all. 21:4For all these have put into the gifts of God out of what is overflowing to them: but she, out of that which is lacking to her, has put in all her livelihood which she had." 21:5And as some were saying of the temple that it was adorned with fine stones and gifts, he said: "These things which you see, days will come in which a stone will not be left upon a stone which will not be destroyed."
21:7And they asked him, saying: "Master, when will these things be, and what sign when they begin to happen?" 21:8He said: "See that you are not led astray: for many will come in my name, saying: 'I am he': and 'The time has drawn near': do not therefore go after them. 21:9But when you hear of battles and uprisings, do not be terrified: these things must happen first, but the end is not yet at once." 21:10Then he was saying to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 21:11And there will be great earthquakes in places, and plagues, and famines, and terrors from heaven, and there will be great signs.
21:12But before all these things they will lay their hands on you, and will persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons, dragging you to kings and governors on account of my name: and it will befall you for a testimony. 21:14Set it therefore in your hearts not to think beforehand how you are to answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist and contradict. 21:16And you will be handed over by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death: and you will be hated by all on account of my name: and a hair from your head will not perish.
21:19In your patience you will possess your souls. 21:20But when you see Jerusalem being surrounded by an army, then know that its desolation has drawn near: then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of it depart: and let those who are in the regions not go into it, because these are days of vengeance, so that all the things which have been written may be fulfilled. 21:23But woe to those who are pregnant and those who are nursing in those days! 21:23For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath for this people. 21:24And they will fall by the mouth of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations, and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the gentiles, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
21:25And there will be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth distress of nations, through bewilderment at the sound of the sea and of the waves: people withering away through fear, and expectation of the things which will come upon the whole world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken: and then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great power and majesty. 21:28But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads: because your redemption is drawing near." 21:29And he spoke to them a likeness: "See the fig tree, and all the trees: when they now put forth fruit from themselves, you know that summer is near.
21:31So you too, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 21:32Amen I say to you, that this generation will not pass away until all things happen. 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away: but my words will not pass away. 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be weighed down with overeating, and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly: for like a snare it will come upon all who sit upon the face of the whole earth. 21:36Keep watch therefore, praying at every time, so that you may be held worthy to escape all these things which are going to be, and to stand before the Son of Man."
21:37Now in the days he was teaching in the temple: but in the nights, going out, he was staying on the mountain which is called of Olives. 21:38And all the people were coming early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.