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James, and John, and Andrew, asked him pri4 vately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things 5 shall be fulfilled?* And Jesus answering them,

said, Take heed lest any one deceive you : 6 For many will come in my name, saying, I am 7 Christ; and will deceive many. And when ye shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs 8 be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there will be famines, and troubles these are the beginnings of sorrows. 9 But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues, ye will be beaten, and ye will be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, 10 for a testimony against them. And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought before hand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye for it is not ye that speak, but the 12 Holy Spirit. Now the brother will betray the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children will rise up against their parents, 13 and will cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's

The inquiry of the apostles here seems evidently to relate solely to the destruction of Jerusalem.

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sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him that readeth understand) then let them that be in Judea, 15 flee to the mountains: And let him that is on the house-top, not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of 16 his house. And let him that is in the field

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not turn back again to take up his garment. 17 But wo to them that are with child, and to 18 them that give suck in those days. And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath 21 shortened the days. And then, if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, Lo, 22 he is there; believe him not. For false Christs

and false prophets will rise, and will shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, 23 even the elect. But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

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But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not 25 give her light, and the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be 26 shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power 27 and glory. And he will send his angels, and

gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the ut28 termost part of heaven. Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that 29 summer is near: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know 30 that it is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say

unto you, that this generation shall not pass, 31 till all these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

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But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the angels which are in heaven, neither 33 the Son but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is. 34 When a man taketh a far journey, he leaveth his house, and giveth authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commandeth 35 the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at evening, or at midnight, or at the 36 cock-crowing, or in the morning: Lest com37 ing suddenly, he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.

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CHAP. XIV.

AFTER two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

2 But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

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And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she shook the 4 box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the 5 ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured 6 against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good 7 work on me. For ye have the

poor with you always, and whensoever ye will, ye may do & them good but me ye have not always. She

hath done what she could: she has come afore9 hand to anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

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And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests to betray him unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

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And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and pre13 pare, that thou mayest eat the passover? And he sendeth forth two of his disciples and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall

meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : 14 follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good-man of the house, The master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disci15 ples? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared; there make 16 ready for us. And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the pass17 over. And in the evening he cometh with the 18 twelve. And as they sat, and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, one of you which 19 eateth with me shall betray me. And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is

one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the 21 dish. The Son of man indeed goeth as it is written of him: but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed; good were it for that man if he had never been born.

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And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed God, and brake it, and gave to them, 23 and said, Take, eat this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

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And when they had sung an hymn, they 27 went out unto the mount of Olives. And

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