13And as^* he was going out of the temple courts,^* one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look! What great stones and what wonderful buildings!” ²And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another stone that will not be thrown down!”

Signs of the End of the Age

³And as^* he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, ⁴“Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?” ⁵So Jesus began to say to them, “Watch out that no one deceives you! ⁶Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and they will deceive many. ⁷And when you hear about wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. This must happen, but the end is not yet. ⁸For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

Persecution of Disciples Predicted

⁹“But you, watch out for yourselves! They will hand you over to councils and you will be beaten in the synagogues and will have to stand before governors and kings because of me, for a witness to them. ¹⁰And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.^a

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Footnotes

*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was going out”)
*Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was sitting”)
aOr “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context