Luke 21 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And Jesus looked upon the rich, who cast their oblations into the treasury. ² And he saw also a certain poor widow, who cast in two mites. ³ And he said: Truly I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than any one. ⁴ For all they, from what was superfluous to them, have cast into the receptacle of oblations to God; but she, from her penury, hath cast in all that she possessed. ⁵ And when some spoke of the temple, as adorned with goodly stones and oblations, Jesus said to them: ⁶ As for these things, on which ye gaze, the days will come, in which there will not be left a stone upon a stone, that is not cast down. ⁷ And they questioned him, and said: Teacher, when will these things be? And what is the sign that they are near to take place? ⁸ And he said to them: See, that ye be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say: I am Messiah and the time is near. But go ye not after them. ⁹ And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not afraid; for these things are previously to take place, but the end is not yet come. ¹⁰ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; ¹¹ and great earthquakes will occur in several places, and famines, and pestilences; and there will be terrors, and trepidations, and great signs from heaven will be seen, and there will be great tempests. ¹² But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name. ¹³ But it will be to you for a testimony. ¹⁴ And settle it in your hearts, that ye will not previously seek instruction for making a defence. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your enemies will be unable to withstand. ¹⁶ And your parents, and your brothers, and your relatives, and your friends, will deliver you up, and cause some of you to die. ¹⁷ And ye will be hated by every one, on account of my name. ¹⁸ But a hair of your head shall not perish. ¹⁹ And by your patience, will ye preserve your souls. ²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem with an army encompassing it, then know ye, that its destruction draweth nigh. ²¹ Then let them who shall be in Judaea, flee to the mountain district; and let them, who are in the midst of it, flee away; and those in the fields, not enter it. ²² For these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ²³ But woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse children, in those days; for then will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be carried captive to every place. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be completed. ²⁵ And there will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and distress of nations on the earth; and clasping of hands, from astonishment at the noise of the sea; ²⁶ and dismay that driveth out the souls of men, from fear of that which is to come on the earth; and the powers of heaven will be moved. ²⁷ And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with much power, and with great glory. ²⁸ And when these things shall begin to be, take courage, and lift up your heads, for your deliverance draweth nigh. ²⁹ And he uttered a similitude to them. Look at the fig-tree, and all the trees. ³⁰ When they bud forth, ye at once understand from them that summer approacheth. ³¹ So also, when ye shall see all these things take place, know ye that the kingdom of God is near. ³² Verily I say to you, That this generation will not pass away, until all these things occur. ³³ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my word will not pass away. ³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, that your hearts be, at no time, stupefied by gluttony and ebriety and worldly care; and so that day come upon you unawares. ³⁵ For, like a hunter's snare, it will spring upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole land. ³⁶ Be ye therefore vigilant, at all times, and prayerful; that ye may be worthy to escape the things that are to take place, and may stand before the Son of man. ³⁷ And, in the daytime he taught in the temple, and at night he went out and lodged in the mount, called the Place of Olives. ³⁸ And all the people came early to him in the temple, to hear his discourse.

⁶ And the chief priests took up the silver, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

¹¹ But ye say: If a man say to his father or to his mother, Be it my oblation, whatever thou mayest gain from me: ¹² then ye suffer him not to do any thing for his father or his mother. ¹³ And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.

⁴¹ And as Jesus sat over against the treasury-room, he saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. And many rich ones cast in much. ⁴² And a poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a brass farthing. ⁴³ And Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: Verily I say to you, That this poor widow hath cast into the treasury more than all they that cast in. ⁴⁴ For they all cast in of that which abounded to them, but she, of her poverty, hath cast in all that she possessed, the whole of her property.

²⁰ These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

⁴² And a poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a brass farthing.

⁸ What was in her power, she hath done; and by anticipation, hath perfumed my body, as if for burial. ⁹ Verily I say to you, That wherever this my gospel shall be proclaimed, in all the world, this also which she hath done shall be told in memory of her.

²⁵ And I tell you the truth, that there were many widows in the house of Israel, in the days of Elijah the prophet, when the heavens were closed up three years and six months, and there was a great famine in all the land:

²⁷ I tell you the truth, that there are some standing here, who will not taste death, until they shall see the kingdom of God.

⁴⁴ Verily I say to you: He will place him over all his possessions.

²⁷ For, in reality, against thy holy Son Jesus whom thou hast anointed, Herod and Pilate, with the Gentiles and the congregation of Israel, have been combined together in this city,

³⁴ And Simon opened his mouth, and said: Truly I discover that God is no respecter of persons.

² that in the great trial of their affliction, there was an abounding to their joy, and the depth of their poverty was exuberant in the riches of their liberality. ³ For I testify that, according to their ability, and beyond their ability, in the spontaneity of their mind,

¹² For if there is a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.

⁶ And this I say: He that soweth sparingly, shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully, shall also reap bountifully. ⁷ Every man, according to his own views, not with sadness, not by constraint: for the Lord loveth a joyous giver.

⁴³ And a certain woman, whose blood had flowed twelve years, and who had expended all her property among physicians, and could not be cured by any one,

¹² And his younger son said to him: My father, give me the portion that falleth to me from thy house. And he divided to them his property.

⁴⁴ And all they who believed, were together; and whatever belonged to them, was of the community. ⁴⁵ And they who had a possession, sold it, and divided to each one as he had need.

³⁴ And no one among them was destitute; for those who possessed lands or houses, sold, and brought the price of what was sold,

¹ And Jesus passed out of the temple to go away: and his disciples came to him, showing him the structure of the temple. ² And he said to them: See ye not all these? Verily I say to you, There will not be left here a stone upon a stone, that is not demolished. ³ And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world. ⁴ Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed, that no one deceive you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Messiah: and they will deceive many. ⁶ And ye are to hear of conflicts, and the rumor of battles. See that ye be not disquieted: for all these things must come; but the consummation is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. ⁸ But all these are only the commencement of sorrows. ⁹ And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name. ¹⁰ Then many will be stumbled: and they will hate one another, and will betray one another. ¹¹ And many false prophets will rise up; and they will deceive many. ¹² And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will decline. ¹³ But he that shall persevere to the end, will have life. ¹⁴ And this announcement of the kingdom shall be published in all the world, for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation. ¹⁵ And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider; ¹⁶ and then let them who are in Judaea, flee to the mountain: ¹⁷ and let him who is on the roof, not come down to take what is in his house: ¹⁸ and let him who is in the field, not return back to take his clothing. ¹⁹ But woe to those with child, and to them that are nursing, in those days. ²⁰ And pray ye, that your flight be not in winter, or on the sabbath. ²¹ For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commencement of the world, until now, and will not be. ²² And unless those days should be cut short, no flesh would remain alive. But, for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short. ²³ Then, if any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there; give no credence. ²⁴ For there will arise false Messiahs, and mendacious prophets; who will exhibit great signs, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have told you beforehand. ²⁶ If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not out: or, Behold, he is in a secret chamber; give no credence. ²⁷ As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth unto the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸ And wherever the carcass may be, there will the eagles be congregated. ²⁹ And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be agitated. ³⁰ And then will be seen the signal of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. ³¹ And he will send his angels with a great trumpet and they will collect together his elect from the four winds, from one extremity of heaven to the other. ³² And learn ye an illustration from the fig-tree. As soon as its branches become tender and its leaves shoot forth, ye know that summer is coming on. ³³ So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh, even at the door. ³⁴ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, till all these things shall be. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away. ³⁶ But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only. ³⁷ And as the days of Noah, so will the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸ For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then will two men be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one taken, and the other left. ⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come. ⁴⁵ Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say to you, He will place him over all that he hath. ⁴⁸ But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not, ⁵¹ and will cut him asunder, and will assign him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹ And as Jesus retired from the temple, one of his disciples said to him: Teacher; behold; see these stones, and these structures! ² And Jesus said to him: Admirest thou these great structures? There will not be left here one stone upon another, not demolished. ³ And as Jesus was sitting on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Cephas and James and John and Andrew asked him, privately: ⁴ Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign that these things approach their consummation? ⁵ And Jesus began to say to them Beware, that no one mislead you: ⁶ for many will come in my name, and will say: I am he. And they will mislead many. ⁷ But when ye shall hear of battles, and the rumor of battles, be not afraid; for this must be; but the end is not yet. ⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in several places, and there will be famines and insurrections. These are the beginning of sorrows. ⁹ And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And my tidings must first be proclaimed among all the nations. ¹¹ And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them. ¹³ And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live. ¹⁴ And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; (let him that readeth, understand;) then let those that are in Judaea, flee to the mountain: ¹⁵ and let him that is on the roof, not come down and enter it, to take any thing from his house: ¹⁶ and let him that is in the field, not return back to take his clothing. ¹⁷ But, woe to those with child, and to those who nurse children, in those days! ¹⁸ And pray ye, that your flight be not in winter. ¹⁹ For in those days will be affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God made until now, and shall not be. ²⁰ And, unless God should shorten those days, no flesh would live. But, on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days. ²¹ Then, if any one shall say to you: Lo, here is Messiah, or lo, there; give not credence. ²² For false Messiahs will arise, and lying prophets; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²³ But take ye heed. Lo, I have told you the whole beforehand. ²⁴ And in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened; and the moon will not give her light; ²⁵ and the stars will fall from heaven; and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ²⁶ And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory. ²⁷ And then will he send forth his angels, and will assemble his elect from the four winds, from the extremity of earth to the extremity of heaven. ²⁸ And, from the fig-tree learn ye a simile. When its twigs are tender, and its leaves bud forth, ye know that summer approacheth. ²⁹ So also, when ye shall see these occurrences, know ye, that it is near, at the door. ³⁰ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur. ³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ³² But of that day and that hour, knoweth no man; nor the angels of heaven; neither the Son, but the Father. ³³ Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is. ³⁴ For it is as a man, who took a journey, and left his home; and he gave authority to his servants, and to each his service; and he commanded the porter to be watchful. ³⁵ Watch ye, therefore; for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh; at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: ³⁶ lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping. ³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.

²⁰ The Jews said to him: Forty and six years, this temple was building; and wilt thou build it again in three days?

² And he said to them: See ye not all these? Verily I say to you, There will not be left here a stone upon a stone, that is not demolished.

² And Jesus said to him: Admirest thou these great structures? There will not be left here one stone upon another, not demolished.

⁴⁴ And they will destroy thee, and thy children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. ⁴⁵ And when he entered the temple, he began to expel those who bought and sold in it. ⁴⁶ And he said to them: It is written, My house is a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers. ⁴⁷ And he taught daily in the temple: and the chief priests and Scribes and Elders of the people, sought to destroy him. ⁴⁸ But they found not, what they could do to him; for all the people hung upon him to hear him.

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place. ¹⁴ For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarean will destroy this place, and will change the rites which Moses delivered to you.

³ And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.

¹⁵ And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider; ¹⁶ and then let them who are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

³ And as Jesus was sitting on the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Cephas and James and John and Andrew asked him, privately: ⁴ Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign that these things approach their consummation?

¹⁴ And when ye see the profane sign of desolation, which was mentioned by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not; (let him that readeth, understand;) then let those that are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem with an army encompassing it, then know ye, that its destruction draweth nigh. ²¹ Then let them who shall be in Judaea, flee to the mountain district; and let them, who are in the midst of it, flee away; and those in the fields, not enter it.

²⁷ And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with much power, and with great glory. ²⁸ And when these things shall begin to be, take courage, and lift up your heads, for your deliverance draweth nigh.

³² Verily I say to you, That this generation will not pass away, until all these things occur.

²¹ Him Cephas saw, and said to Jesus: My Lord, as for this man, what? ²² Jesus said to him: If I will, that he abide here until I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me.

⁶ And they, when assembled, asked him and said to him: Our Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? ⁷ He said to them: It is not yours, to know the time or times which God hath placed in his own power.

² and said: Repent; the kingdom of heaven hath approached.

¹⁷ From that time began Jesus to proclaim and say: Repent; for the kingdom of heaven hath approached.

⁴ Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed, that no one deceive you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Messiah: and they will deceive many.

¹¹ And many false prophets will rise up; and they will deceive many.

²³ Then, if any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there; give no credence. ²⁴ For there will arise false Messiahs, and mendacious prophets; who will exhibit great signs, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have told you beforehand.

⁵ And Jesus began to say to them Beware, that no one mislead you: ⁶ for many will come in my name, and will say: I am he. And they will mislead many.

²¹ Then, if any one shall say to you: Lo, here is Messiah, or lo, there; give not credence. ²² For false Messiahs will arise, and lying prophets; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²³ But take ye heed. Lo, I have told you the whole beforehand.

²³ And if they shall say to you: Lo, here he is! or, Lo, there he is! go not forth.

⁴³ I came in the name of my Father, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

²⁴ I said to you, That ye will die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye will die in your sins.

³⁶ For before this time, rose up Theudas, and said of himself, that he was some great one; and there went after him about four hundred men. And he was slain; and they who went after him, were dispersed and became as nothing. ³⁷ And after him, rose up Judas a Galilean, in the days when the people were enrolled for the capitation tax; and he seduced much people after him. And he died, and all they that went after him were dispersed.

⁹ And there was a certain man there, whose name was Simon, who had resided in that city a long time, and who seduced the people of the Samaritans by his sorceries, magnifying himself, and saying, I am a great personage. ¹⁰ And they all inclined towards him, great and small; and they said, This is the mighty power of God.

¹³ For they are false legates, crafty workers, and feign themselves to be legates of the Messiah. ¹⁴ And in this there is nothing strange. For if Satan feigneth himself an angel of light, ¹⁵ it is no great thing if his ministers feign themselves ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

⁶ Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

³ Let no one deceive you in any way; because that day will not come, unless there previously come a defection, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

⁹ For the coming of that evil One, is the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, ¹⁰ and with all the deceptiveness of iniquity, in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, by which they might have life. ¹¹ Therefore God will send upon them the operation of deception, that they may believe a lie;

¹³ But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.

¹ My beloved, believe not all spirits; but discriminate among spirits, whether they are of God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

⁷ Because many seducers have gone forth into the world, who confess not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh. This is a seducer and Antichrist.

³ Blessed is he that readeth, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; for the time is near.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, who is called the Deceiver, and Satan, who seduceth all the inhabited world: he was cast upon the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

⁶ And ye are to hear of conflicts, and the rumor of battles. See that ye be not disquieted: for all these things must come; but the consummation is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. ⁸ But all these are only the commencement of sorrows.

⁷ But when ye shall hear of battles, and the rumor of battles, be not afraid; for this must be; but the end is not yet. ⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in several places, and there will be famines and insurrections. These are the beginning of sorrows.

⁸ And he said to them: See, that ye be not deceived; for many will come in my name, and will say: I am Messiah and the time is near. But go ye not after them.

¹⁸ But a hair of your head shall not perish. ¹⁹ And by your patience, will ye preserve your souls.

²⁸ And when these things shall begin to be, take courage, and lift up your heads, for your deliverance draweth nigh.

⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in several places, and there will be famines and insurrections. These are the beginning of sorrows.

¹⁹ And I will give signs in heaven, and prodigies on earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. ²⁰ And the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and fearful day of the Lord come.

²⁸ And one of them whose name was Agabus, stood up and informed them, by the Spirit, that there would be a great famine in all the country. And that famine occurred in the days of Claudius Caesar.

²⁷ And this his expression, Once more, indicateth the mutation of the things that are shaken, because they are fabricated; that the things which will not be shaken, may remain.

² And I looked, and there was a white horse: and he who sat on it, had a bow; and a coronet was given to him, and he went forth conquering, that he might conquer. ³ And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second Animal say, Come. ⁴ And there went forth another, a red horse; and to him who sat thereon, it was given, to take tranquillity from the earth; and that they should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword. ⁵ And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third Animal say, Come, and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse; and he that sat thereon, had a balance in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four Animals, saying: A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenices of barley for a denarius; and hurt not the oil and the wine. ⁷ And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth Animal say, Come, and see. ⁸ And I looked, and lo, a pale horse; and the name of him who sat thereon was Death; and Hades followed after him. And there was given him authority over the fourth part of the earth, to slay with the sword, and by famine, and by death, and by the ravenous beast of the earth. ⁹ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them who were slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony to the Lamb which was with them. ¹⁰ And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord, thou holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? ¹¹ And to each one of them was given a white robe; and it was told them, that they must be quiet yet a little while, until the consummation of their fellow-servants and brethren, who were to be killed as they had been. ¹² And I looked, when he had opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black, like sackcloth of hair; and the whole moon became like blood.

²⁹ And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be agitated. ³⁰ And then will be seen the signal of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

²⁵ And there will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and distress of nations on the earth; and clasping of hands, from astonishment at the noise of the sea; ²⁶ and dismay that driveth out the souls of men, from fear of that which is to come on the earth; and the powers of heaven will be moved. ²⁷ And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with much power, and with great glory.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves. Therefore be ye sagacious as serpents, and guileless as doves. ¹⁷ And beware of men; for they will deliver you over to the tribunals, and will scourge you in their synagogues. ¹⁸ And they will bring you before governors and kings, on my account, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹ And when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to say. ²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you. ²¹ And brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and a father his son; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to die. ²² And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life. ²³ And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another: for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed all the cities of the house of Israel, till the Son of man shall come. ²⁴ No disciple is better than his rabbi; nor a servant, than his lord. ²⁵ It is sufficient for the disciple, that he be as his rabbi; and the servant, as his lord. If they call the lord of the house Beelzebub, how much more the children of his family?

⁶ and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them.

³⁴ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city: ³⁵ so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. ³⁶ Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.

⁹ And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name. ¹⁰ Then many will be stumbled: and they will hate one another, and will betray one another.

⁹ And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And my tidings must first be proclaimed among all the nations. ¹¹ And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them. ¹³ And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live.

⁴⁹ Therefore hath wisdom said: Lo, I will send to them prophets and legates; and some of them they will persecute and slay; ⁵⁰ that from this generation may be required, the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the world was created; ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zachariah who was slain between the temple and the altar. Yea, say I to you: It will be required of this generation.

²⁰ Remember the word that I spoke to you, That there is no servant, who is greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; and if they have observed my teaching, they will also observe yours.

² For they will eject you from their synagogues; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he presenteth an offering to God. ³ And these things will they do, because they have not known either my Father, or me.

³ And they laid hands on them, and kept them until the next day; because evening was drawing near. ⁴ And many who had heard the word, believed; and they were, in number, about five thousand men. ⁵ And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled; ⁶ and also Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and they who were of the kindred of the high priests. ⁷ And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this?

¹⁷ And the high priest was filled with indignation, and all those with him who were of the doctrine of the Sadducees. ¹⁸ And they laid hands on the legates, and took and bound them in prison. ¹⁹ Then the angel of the Lord, by night, opened the door of the prison, and let them out; and said to them:

⁴⁰ And they called the legates, and scourged them, and commanded them not to teach in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

¹² And they excited the people, and the Elders, and the Scribes; and they came, and rose upon him, and seized him, and carried him into the midst of the council. ¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to utter words contrary to the law, and against this holy place. ¹⁴ For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarean will destroy this place, and will change the rites which Moses delivered to you. ¹⁵ And all they who were sitting in the council looked upon him, and they beheld his face, as the face of an angel.

⁵⁷ And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him. ⁵⁸ And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul. ⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ⁶⁰ And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

³ And Saul persecuted the church of God, entering houses, and dragging forth men and women and committing them to prison.

⁴ And he fell to the ground; and he heard a voice which said to him: Saul! Saul! why persecutest thou me? It will be hard for thee to kick against the goads.

¹ And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them. ² And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. ³ And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded also to arrest Simon Cephas. And the days of unleavened bread were then passing. ⁴ He seized him and cast him into prison, and delivered him to sixteen soldiers, who were to guard him; that he might, after the passover, deliver him up to the people of the Jews.

²² And a great company was collected against them. Then the prefects rent their garments, and commanded to scourge them. ²³ And when they had scourged them much, they cast them into the prison, and commanded the keeper of the prison to keep them with care. ²⁴ And he, having received this command, carried and immured them in the inner part of the prison, and confined their feet in the stocks. ²⁵ And at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and glorifying God: and the prisoners heard them. ²⁶ And suddenly there was a great shaking, and the foundations of the prison were moved; and at once all the doors opened, and the bands of all were loosed.

³⁰ And the whole city was in commotion; and all the people assembled together, and laid hold of Paul, and dragged him out of the temple: and instantly the gates were closed. ³¹ And while the multitude were seeking to kill him, it was reported to the Chiliarch of the cohort, that the whole city was in uproar.

³⁰ And the next day, he wished to know truly what the accusation was, which the Jews brought against him: and he unbound him, and commanded the chief priests, and the whole company of their head-men, to assemble; and he took Paul, and brought him down, and placed him among them.

¹ And after five days, Ananias the high priest, with the Elders, and with Tertullus the orator, went down, and made a communication to the governor against Paul. ² And when he had been called, Tertullus began to accuse him, and to say: ³ Through thee, we dwell in much tranquillity; and many reforms have come to this nation, under thy administration; and we all, in every place, receive thy grace, excellent Felix. ⁴ But, not to weary thee with numerous particulars, I pray thee to hear our humbleness, in brief. ⁵ For we have found this man to be an assassin, and a mover of sedition among all Jews in the whole land: for he is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazareans. ⁶ And he was disposed to pollute our temple. And having seized him we wished to judge him according to our law. ⁷ But Lysias the Chiliarch came, and with great violence took him out of our hands, and sent him to thee. ⁸ And he commanded his accusers to come before thee. And if thou wilt interrogate him, thou canst learn from him respecting all these things of which we accuse him. ⁹ And the Jews also pleaded against him, saying that these things were so.

¹ And when Festus arrived at Caesarea, he, after three days, went up to Jerusalem. ² And the chief priests and the head men of the Jews made representations to him concerning Paul.

¹¹ If I had committed any crime, or done any thing worthy of death, I would not refuse to die. But if none of the things of which they accuse me, is upon me, no one may sacrifice me to their pleasure. I announce an appeal to Caesar. ¹² Then Festus conferred with his counsellors, and said: Hast thou declared an appeal to Caesar? Unto Caesar shalt thou go.

²² And Agrippa said: I should like to hear that man. And Festus said: To-morrow thou shalt hear him. ²³ And the next day, came Agrippa and Bernice, with great pomp, and entered the house of trials, with the Chiliarchs and chiefs of the city: and Festus commanded, and Paul came. ²⁴ And Festus said: King Agrippa, and all persons present with us; concerning this man whom ye see, all the people of the Jews applied to me, at Jerusalem and also here, crying out, that he ought no longer to live. ²⁵ Yet on investigation, I found that he hath done nothing deserving death. But, because he requested to be reserved for the hearing of Caesar, I have ordered him to be sent.

² In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, king Agrippa, I consider myself highly favored, that I may this day make defence before thee: ³ especially, as I know thee to be expert in all the controversies and laws of the Jews. I therefore request thee to hear me with indulgence. ⁴ The Jews themselves, if they would testify, know well my course of life from my childhood, which from the beginning was among my nation and in Jerusalem. ⁵ For they have long been persuaded of me, and have known, that I lived in the princely doctrine of the Pharisees. ⁶ And now, for the hope of the promise which was made by God to our fathers, I stand and am judged. ⁷ To this hope, our twelve tribes hope to come, with earnest prayers by day and by night: and for this same hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. ⁸ How judge ye? Are we not to believe, that God will raise the dead? ⁹ For I myself, at first, resolved in my own mind, that I would perpetrate many adverse things against the name of Jesus the Nazarean. ¹⁰ Which I also did at Jerusalem; and by the authority I received from the chief priests, I cast many of the saints into prison and when they were put to death by them, I took part with those that condemned them. ¹¹ And in every synagogue I tortured them, while I pressed them to become revilers of the name of Jesus. And in the great wrath, with which I was filled against them, I also went to other cities to persecute them.

¹⁵ the persons who slew our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and persecuted their own prophets and us; and they please not God, and are made hostile to all men; ¹⁶ and they forbid us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may have life; to fill up their sins at all times. And wrath cometh on them to the uttermost.

¹³ And be ye submissive to all the sons of men, for God's sake; to kings, on account of their authority;

¹² My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you, as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for your probation. ¹³ But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory. ¹⁴ And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you.

¹⁰ Be not terrified at any of the things thou art to suffer. For lo, the Accuser will throw some of you into custody, that ye may be tried; and there will be trouble to you ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

¹² And I would that ye might know, my brethren, that the transaction in regard to me, hath eventuated rather for the furtherance of the gospel;

²⁸ And in nothing be ye startled, by those who rise up against us; which is an indication of their destruction, and of life for you.

³ lest any of you should be disheartened by these afflictions; for ye know, that we are appointed thereto. ⁴ For also when we were with you, we forewarned you, that we were to be afflicted; as ye know did occur.

⁵ for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer.

¹⁹ And when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what to say. ²⁰ For it is not ye that speak, but the spirit of your Father speaking in you.

¹¹ And when they shall lead you to deliver you up, be not solicitous beforehand what ye shall say, neither premeditate; but, that which shall be given you in that hour, speak ye; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.

¹¹ And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, before chiefs and men in authority, be not anxious how ye shall make defence, or what ye shall say; ¹² for the Holy Spirit will, in that hour, instruct you what to say.

¹² for the Holy Spirit will, in that hour, instruct you what to say.

⁴⁵ Then he opened their mind to understand the scriptures.

⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.

⁸ Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye. ⁹ If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed; ¹⁰ be it known to you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah the Nazarean, whom ye crucified, and whom God hath raised from the dead, lo, by him, doth this man stand here before you recovered. ¹¹ This is the stone, which ye builders rejected; and it hath become the head of the corner. ¹² Neither is there deliverance in any other; for there is not another name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby to live. ¹³ And when they heard the speech of Simon and John, which they pronounced confidently, they reflected that these were unlearned and plebeian men, and they were surprised at them, and recognized them as having been conversant with Jesus.

³¹ And when they had prayed and made supplications, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God boldly. ³² And in the assembly of the persons that believed, there was one soul, and one mind: and no one of them said, of the property he possessed, that it was his own; but whatever was theirs, it was the community's. ³³ And with great power, the legates testified to the resurrection of Jesus Messiah: and great grace was with them all.

¹⁰ And they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit that spoke by him.

²⁵ And while he was discoursing with them on righteousness, and on holiness, and on the future judgment, Felix was filled with fear; and he said: For the present time, go: and when I have opportunity, I will send for thee.

²⁸ King Agrippa said to him: Almost, thou persuadest me to become a Christian.

¹⁹ and also for me; that language may be given me, in the opening of my mouth; so that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

³ And pray also for us, that God would open to us a door of speech, for uttering the mystery of the Messiah, for the sake of which I am in bonds; ⁴ that I may unfold it, and utter it, as it behooveth me.

¹⁶ At my first defence, no one was with me, but they all forsook me. Let not this be reckoned to them. ¹⁷ But my Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fulfilled; and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

⁵ And if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all freely, and reproacheth not; and it will be given him.

²¹ And brother shall deliver up his brother to death, and a father his son; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to die.

¹² And brother will deliver up his brother to death, and the father his son; and children will rise up against their parents, and will kill them.

⁵³ For a father will be divided against his son, and a son against his father; a mother against her daughter, and a daughter against her mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

² And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where the throne of Satan is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied the faith of me, in those days when my faithful witness, who was slain among you, was made a spectacle where Satan dwelleth.

⁹ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them who were slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony to the Lamb which was with them.

¹¹ And they overcame him, because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony: and they loved not their life, even to death.

¹¹ Blessed are ye, when they revile you and persecute you, and speak every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

²² And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life.

⁹ And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name.

¹³ And ye will be hated of every man, on account of my name. But whoever shall persevere to the end, shall live.

²² Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and repel you, and revile you, and cast out your names as base, for the Son of man's sake.

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth; because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.

¹⁹ And if ye were of the world, the world would love what is of it. But ye are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; for this cause, the world hateth you.

²¹ But all these things will they do to you, on account of my name, because they know not him that sent me.

¹⁴ I have given them thy word: and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account of my name.

⁵ For it is not ourselves that we preach, but the Messiah, Jesus our Lord; and, as to ourselves, that we are your servants for Jesus' sake.

¹¹ For if we are delivered over alive unto death, for Jesus' sake, even so also will the life of Jesus be manifested in this our mortal body.

¹⁰ Therefore I have pleasure in infirmities, in reproach, in afflictions, in persecutions, in distresses, which are for the Messiah's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

²⁹ And this is given to you by God, that ye not only really believe in the Messiah, but also that ye suffer on his account;

¹⁴ And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you.

³ And thou hast had patience, and hast borne the burden, on account of my name, and hast not fainted.

³⁰ As for you, even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

⁷ And as for you, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; for ye are superior to many sparrows.

³⁴ Therefore I entreat you, to take food for the sustenance of your life; for not a hair from the head of any of you, will perish.

¹³ But he that shall persevere to the end, will have life.

¹⁵ And that on good ground, are those who, with a humble and good heart, hear the word, and retain it, and with patience bring forth fruits.

⁷ to them who, by perseverance in good works, seek for glory and honor and immortality, to them he will give life eternal;

³ And not only so, but we also rejoice in afflictions; because we know that affliction perfecteth in us patience;

²⁵ But if we hope for that which is not seen, we are in patient waiting.

⁴ For every thing written of old, was written for our instruction; that we, by patience and by the consolation of the scriptures, might possess hope.

³ and we call to mind before God the Father the works of your faith, and the toil of your love, and the patience of your hope in our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

⁵ And may our Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to a patient waiting for the Messiah.

¹¹ And we desire, that each one of you may show this same activity, for the completion of your hope, even to the end:

¹⁵ And so he was patient, and obtained the promise.

³⁶ For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

³ For ye know, that the trial of your faith, maketh you possess patience.

⁷ But, my brethren, be ye patient until the advent of the Lord; like the husbandman, who waiteth for the precious fruits of his ground, and is patient as to them, until he receive the early and the latter rain. ⁸ So also be ye patient, and fortify your hearts; for the advent of our Lord draweth nigh ⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door. ¹⁰ For patience in your afflictions, my brethren, take to you the example of the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ For lo, we ascribe blessedness to them who have borne suffering. Ye have heard of the patience of Job; and ye have seen the result which the Lord wrought for him: for the Lord is merciful and compassionate.

⁹ I John, your brother, and partaker with you in the affliction and suffering that are in Jesus the Messiah, was in the island called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus the Messiah.

² I know thy works, and thy toil, and thy patience, and that thou canst not endure the wicked; and thou hast tried them who say they are legates, and are not; and thou hast found them liars. ³ And thou hast had patience, and hast borne the burden, on account of my name, and hast not fainted.

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, that is to come on all the inhabited world, to try them who dwell on the earth.

¹⁰ If any one carrieth into captivity, he shall himself go into captivity; and if any one slayeth with the sword, he must be slain with the sword: here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

¹² Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

¹⁵ And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider;

⁴³ For the days will come upon thee, when thy enemies will encompass thee, and besiege thee on every side.

⁷ And they questioned him, and said: Teacher, when will these things be? And what is the sign that they are near to take place?

¹⁶ and then let them who are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

¹⁵ and let him that is on the roof, not come down and enter it, to take any thing from his house:

³¹ In that day, let him that is on the house-top, and his goods in the house, not come down to take them: and let him that is in the field, not return after what is behind him. ³² Remember Lot's wife. ³³ He that desireth to preserve his life, will lose it; and he that will lose his life, shall preserve it.

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Come ye out of her, my people; that ye may not participate in her sins, and may not partake of her plagues.

²² Now all this that occurred, was to fulfill what was spoken of the Lord by the prophet:

¹⁹ For in those days will be affliction, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God made until now, and shall not be. ²⁰ And, unless God should shorten those days, no flesh would live. But, on account of the elect whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days.

⁵ But, because of the hardness of thy unrepenting heart, thou art treasuring up a store of wrath against the day of wrath, and against the revelation of the righteous judgment of God:

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to rescue from afflictions those who fear him; and he will reserve the wicked for the day of judgment to be tormented,

⁷ And the heavens that now are, and the earth, are by his word stored up, being reserved for the fire at the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men.

⁴¹ They say to him: He will utterly destroy them; and will lease the vineyard to other cultivators, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

⁴⁴ And whoever shall fall upon this stone, will be fractured; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to atoms?

¹⁹ But woe to those with child, and to them that are nursing, in those days.

¹⁷ But, woe to those with child, and to those who nurse children, in those days!

²⁷ But as for those my enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them and slay them before me.

²⁹ For lo, the days are coming, in which they will say: Happy the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.

¹⁶ and they forbid us to speak to the Gentiles, that they may have life; to fill up their sins at all times. And wrath cometh on them to the uttermost.

¹² And he did not enter with the blood of goats and calves; but with the blood of himself, he entered once into the sanctuary, and obtained eternal redemption. ¹³ For if the blood of goats and calves, with the ashes of a heifer, was sprinkled upon them that were defiled, and sanctified them as to the purification of their flesh; ¹⁴ then how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purge our conscience from dead works, so that we may serve the living God? ¹⁵ And for this reason he became the Mediator of the new covenant, that he might by his death be redemption, to them who had transgressed the first covenant; so that they, who are called to the eternal inheritance, might receive the promise. ¹⁶ For where there is a testament, it indicateth the death of him who made it. ¹⁷ For it is valid, only of a deceased person; because it hath no use, so long as the maker of it liveth.

²⁶ For if a man sin, voluntarily, after he hath received a knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice which may be offered for sins: ²⁷ but the fearful judgment impendeth, and the zeal of fire that consumeth the adversaries. ²⁸ For if he, who transgressed the law of Moses, died without mercies, at the mouth of two or three witnesses; ²⁹ how much more, think ye, will he receive capital punishment, who hath trodden upon the Son of God, and hath accounted the blood of his covenant, by which he is sanctified, as the blood of all men, and hath treated the Spirit of grace with contumely? ³⁰ For we know him who hath said, Retribution is mine; and I will repay: and again, The Lord will judge his people. ³¹ It is very terrible, to fall into the hands of the living God.

¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God.

¹ O ye rich ones, wail and weep, on account of the miseries that are coming upon you.

¹⁷ For it is the time when judgment will commence with the house of God: and if it commence with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?

²⁵ And that ye, my brethren, may not be wise in your own apprehension, I wish you to know this mystery, that blindness of heart hath in some measure befallen Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles shall come in:

² But the court which is without the temple, leave out, and measure it not; because it is given to the Gentiles; and they will tread down the holy city forty and two months.

²⁹ And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be agitated.

⁴⁵ And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.

²⁴ And in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened; and the moon will not give her light;

²⁶ And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds, with great power and glory.

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

¹⁹ And I will give signs in heaven, and prodigies on earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.

¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found. ¹¹ As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God, ¹² expecting and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being ignited will melt?

¹² And I looked, when he had opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black, like sackcloth of hair; and the whole moon became like blood. ¹³ And the stars of heaven fell on the earth, as a fig-tree casteth its unripe figs, when it is shaken by a strong wind. ¹⁴ And the heavens separated, as a book is rolled up: and all mountains and islands were removed out of their places.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and Him who sitteth thereon; from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and this their place was not found.

²⁵ and the stars will fall from heaven; and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

²⁶ For if a man sin, voluntarily, after he hath received a knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice which may be offered for sins: ²⁷ but the fearful judgment impendeth, and the zeal of fire that consumeth the adversaries.

²⁷ For the Son of man is to come in the glory of his Father, with all his holy angels; and then will he recompense to every man as his deeds are. ²⁸ Verily I say to you: There are some persons standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

³⁰ And then will be seen the signal of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

³¹ And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory.

⁶⁴ Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said. And I say to you, That hereafter ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.

⁹ And when he had said these things, while they beheld him, he was taken up, and a cloud received him, and he was hidden from their eyes. ¹⁰ And while they were looking toward heav, as he departed, two men were found standing near them, in white garments, ¹¹ and saying to them: Ye Galilean men, why stand ye and look toward heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you to heaven, will so come, as ye have seen him ascend to heaven.

⁷ Behold, he cometh with clouds; and all eyes shall see him, and also they who speared him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn on account of him. Yes: Amen.

¹⁴ And I looked, and lo, a white cloud; and upon the cloud sat one who was like the Son of man; and on his head was a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

⁷ And will not God, much more, vindicate his chosen, who call upon him by day and by night; and have patience with them?

¹⁹ For the whole creation is hoping and waiting for the development of the sons of God.

²³ And not only they, but we also in whom are the first fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves, and look anxiously for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our bodies.

¹⁴ who is the earnest of our inheritance, until the redemption of them that are alive, and for the praise of his glory.

³⁰ And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed for the day of redemption.

³² And learn ye an illustration from the fig-tree. As soon as its branches become tender and its leaves shoot forth, ye know that summer is coming on. ³³ So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh, even at the door. ³⁴ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, till all these things shall be. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

²⁸ And, from the fig-tree learn ye a simile. When its twigs are tender, and its leaves bud forth, ye know that summer approacheth. ²⁹ So also, when ye shall see these occurrences, know ye, that it is near, at the door. ³⁰ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur.

⁵⁷ And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?

¹ And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempting him, and asking him to show them a sign from heaven. ² But he answered, and said to them: When it is evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heavens are red. ³ And in the morning ye say, There will be a storm to-day; for the heavens are sadly red. Ye hypocrites, ye are intelligent to discover the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of this time ye have no skill to discern. ⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

⁵¹ Suppose ye, that I have come to produce tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division. ⁵² For from this time, there will be five persons in one house, who will be divided, three against two, and two against three. ⁵³ For a father will be divided against his son, and a son against his father; a mother against her daughter, and a daughter against her mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ⁵⁴ And he said to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising out of the west, ye at once say: Rain is coming; and it is so. ⁵⁵ And when a south wind bloweth, ye say: It will be hot: and it is so. ⁵⁶ Ye hypocrites, ye know how to distinguish the aspect of the heavens and the earth; and why can ye not distinguish the present time? ⁵⁷ And why do ye not, of yourselves, judge correctly?

³⁷ Because, yet a little,and it is a very little time,when he that cometh, will come, and will not delay.

⁹ Be not querulous one against another, my brethren, lest ye be judged: for lo, the judgment, standeth before the door.

⁷ But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

²⁸ Verily I say to you: There are some persons standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

³⁶ Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.

³⁴ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, till all these things shall be.

³⁰ Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, until all these things occur.

¹⁸ For verily I say to you, that until heaven and earth shall pass away, one iota or one letter shall not pass from the law, until all shall be fulfilled.

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

²⁵ but the word of our God abideth for ever: and this is the word that is announced to you.

⁷ And the heavens that now are, and the earth, are by his word stored up, being reserved for the fire at the day of judgment and the perdition of wicked men. ⁸ And of this one thing, my beloved, be not forgetful, That one day, to the Lord, is as a thousand years; and a thousand years, as one day. ⁹ The Lord doth not procrastinate his promises, as some estimate procrastination; but he is long suffering, for your sakes, being not willing that any should perish, but that every one should come to repentance. ¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found. ¹¹ As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God, ¹² expecting and desiring the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being tried by fire will be dissolved, and the elements being ignited will melt? ¹³ But we, according to his promise, expect new heavens, and a new earth, in which righteousness dwelleth. ¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

²² And that which was sowed among thorns, is he that heareth the word; and care for this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word; and he is without fruits.

³⁹ and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be. ⁴⁰ Then will two men be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one taken, and the other left. ⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh. ⁴³ But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come. ⁴⁵ Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time? ⁴⁶ Happy is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Verily I say to you, He will place him over all that he hath. ⁴⁸ But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not,

¹⁹ and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the residue of other lusts enter in and choke the word, and it is without fruits.

⁹ And take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to the tribunals; and ye will be beaten in the synagogues, and ye will stand before kings and governors, on my account, for a testimony to them.

¹⁴ And that which fell among thorns, are those who hear the word, but are choked by cares, and by riches, and by worldly desires, and bear no fruits.

⁴¹ Jesus answered, and said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things:

⁴⁰ Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

⁴⁵ But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite the servants and the maidens of his lord; and shall begin to eat and to drink and be drunk; ⁴⁶ the lord of that servant will come in a day he thinketh not, and in an hour he knoweth not, and will cut him in two; and will assign him his portion with them that are unfaithful.

³ Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother transgress, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

¹¹ And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed. ¹² The night now passeth away, and the day draweth near. Let us therefore cast from us the works of darkness; and let us put on the armor of light. ¹³ And let us walk decorously, as in daylight; not in merriment, nor in drunkenness, nor in impurity of the bed, nor in envy and strife.

¹¹ But this is what I wrote to you, that ye commingle not, if any one is called a brother, and is a whoremonger, or avaricious, or an idol-worshipper, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious, with him who is such, not even to eat bread.

¹⁰ nor the avaricious, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, will inherit the kingdom of God.

²⁰ idol-worship, magic, malice, contention, rivalry, wrath, strife, divisions, discords,

⁶ Be anxious for nothing; but at all times, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, make known your requests before God.

² for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night. ³ While they will be saying, Peace and quietness, then suddenly destruction will burst upon them, as distress upon a child-bearer, and they will not escape. ⁴ But ye, my brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵ For ye are all children of the light, and children of the day; and are not children of the night, and children of darkness. ⁶ Let us not therefore sleep, like others; but let us be vigilant and considerate. ⁷ For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night. ⁸ But let us who are children of the day, be wakeful in mind, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and take the helmet of the hope of life.

¹⁵ And be careful, lest any be found among you destitute of the grace of God; or lest some root of bitterness shoot forth germs, and trouble you; and thereby many be defiled:

³ For the time that is past was enough, when ye wrought the pleasure of the profane, in dissoluteness, and in ebriety, and in lasciviousness, and in revelling, and in the worship of demons. ⁴ And lo, they now wonder, and reproach you, because ye revel not with them in the same former dissoluteness; ⁵ who must give account to God, who is to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ For on this account the announcement is made also to the dead, that they may be judged as persons in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit. ⁷ But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

¹⁰ And the day of the Lord will come, like a thief; in which the heavens will suddenly pass away; and the elements, being ignited, will be dissolved; and the earth and the works in it, will not be found.

¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, as ye expect these things, strive that ye may be found by him in peace, without spot and without blemish.

³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard; and observe those precepts, and repent. If then thou wilt not wake up, I will come upon thee as a thief; and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come upon thee.

³⁷ They answered, and said to him: Whither, our Lord? He said to them: Where the body is, there will the eagles assemble themselves.

²⁶ And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men:

¹⁵ (And lo, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments; lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

⁴² Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

¹³ Watch, therefore, seeing ye know not the day nor the hour.

⁴¹ Wake ye, and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The mind is prepared, but the body is infirm.

³³ Take heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is.

³⁷ And what I say to you, I say to you all: Be ye watchful.

³⁷ Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say to you: He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will pass around and serve them. ³⁸ And if in the second watch, or in the third, he shall come and so find them, happy are those servants. ³⁹ And this know ye, that if the lord of the house had known at what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake and would not have suffered his house to be broken into. ⁴⁰ Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

¹ And he spoke to them a similitude also, that men should pray at all times, and not become weary.

³⁵ But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands.

² And he was righteous, and feared God, he and all his house; and he did much alms among the people, and prayed to God at all times.

¹³ Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be valiant.

¹³ Therefore put ye on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to meet the evil one; and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand up therefore, and gird your loins with truth; and put on the breastplate of righteousness;

¹⁸ And pray ye, with all prayers and supplications, in spirit, at all times: and in prayer be watchful, at all seasons, praying constantly, and interceding for all the saints: ¹⁹ and also for me; that language may be given me, in the opening of my mouth; so that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel,

² Persevere in prayer; and be watchful in it, and in giving thanks.

¹⁷ And pray without ceasing.

⁵ for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye suffer. ⁶ And since it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense trouble to them that trouble you:

⁵ But be thou vigilant in all things; and endure evils, and do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill thy ministry.

⁸ Be sober and guarded, because Satan your adversary, like a lion, roareth, and goeth about, and seeketh whom he may devour.

²⁸ And now, my children, remain ye in him; that so, when he shall be manifested, we may not be ashamed before him, but may have an open countenance at his coming.

²⁴ And to him who is able to preserve you faultless, and spotless, and to establish you without a blemish,

¹ And as he approached Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, by the side of the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples;

¹⁷ thou hast acquired praise? And he left them, and retired out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

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⁵⁵ At that time Jesus said to the multitude: Have ye come out, as against a cut-throat, with swords and clubs, to take me? I daily sat with you, and taught in the temple, and ye did not apprehend me.

¹² And the following day, as he left Bethany, he was hungry:

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³⁷ And when he came near to the descent of the place of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God, with a loud voice, for all the mighty deeds which they had seen.

³⁹ And he went out, and proceeded, as was his custom, to the mount of the place of Olives; and his disciples followed him.

¹ And six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where was that Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead.

¹² And afterwards they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called the place of Olives, which was near to Jerusalem, and distant from it about seven furlongs.

¹ And Jesus went to the mount of Olives. ² And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.