⁵And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said, ⁶‘These things that ye behold—days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.’ ⁷And they questioned him, saying, ‘Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what is the sign when these things may be about to happen?’ ⁸And he said, ‘See—ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying—I am he, and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them; ⁹and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.’ ¹⁰Then said he to them, ‘Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, ¹¹great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be; ¹²and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake; ¹³and it shall become to you for a testimony.

¹⁴‘Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply, ¹⁵for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

¹⁶‘And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death; ¹⁷and ye shall be hated by all because of my name— ¹⁸and a hair out of your head shall not perish; ¹⁹in your patience possess ye your souls.

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