Verse 1
As he beheld, he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie.
Verse 2
He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites.
Verse 3
And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all.
Verse 4
For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had.
Verse 5
And vnto some, that spake of the temple, howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes, he sayde.
Verse 6
Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpo? The dayes wyll come, in ye which there shall not be left one stone vpo another, that shall not be throwen downe.
Verse 7
And they asked him, saying: Maister when shall these thynges be? and what signe wyll there be, when these thynges shall come to passe?
Verse 8
And he sayde: Take heede, that ye be not deceaued. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christe, and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye them not therfore.
Verse 9
But when ye heare of warres, and seditios, be not afraide: For these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende foloweth not by and by.
Verse 10
Then sayde he vnto them: Nation shall ryse agaynst nation, & kyngdome agaynst kyngdome.
Verse 11
And great earthquakes shalbe in diuers places, and hunger, and pestilence, and fearefull thynges, and great signes shall there be from heauen.
Verse 12
But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.
Verse 13
And it shall turne to you for a testimoniall.
Verse 14
Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes, not to studie before what ye shall aunswere:
Verse 15
For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
Verse 16
Yea ye shalbe betrayed also of your parentes, and brethren, and kynsfolke, and friendes, and some of you shal they put to death.
Verse 17
And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake.
Verse 18
And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe.
Verse 19
Possesse ye your soule by patience.
Verse 20
And whe ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast, then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye.
Verse 21
Then let them which are in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes, and let them which are in the myddes of it, depart out: and let not them that are in other countreys enter therin.
Verse 22
For these be the dayes of vengeaunce, that all thinges which are written, may be fulfylled.
Verse 23
But wo vnto the that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people.
Verse 24
And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led away captiue into all nations: And Hierusalem shalbe troden downe of the gentiles, vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled.
Verse 25
And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore.
Verse 26
And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare, and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world: For the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.
Verse 27
And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude, with power and great glorie.
Verse 28
And when these thynges begyn to come to passe, then loke vp, and lyft vp your heades, for your redemptio draweth nye.
Verse 29
And he shewed them a similitude: Behold the figge tree, & all the trees.
Verse 30
When they shoote foorth their buddes ye see and knowe of your owne selues that sommer is then nye at hande.
Verse 31
So likewise ye, when ye see these thinges come to passe, be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye.
Verse 32
Ueryly I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, tyll all be fulfylled.
Verse 33
Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.
Verse 34
Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.
Verse 35
For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth.
Verse 36
Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
Verse 37
In the day time he taught in the temple: and at nyght he went out, & abode in the mount that is called Oliuete.
Verse 38
And all the people came in ye mornyng to hym in the temple, for to heare hym.