1. And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple,
2. and Jesus said to them, `Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'
3. And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
4. And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,
5. for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,
6. and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7. `For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;
8. and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;
9. then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;
10. and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
11. `And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;
12. and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;
13. but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;
14. and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.
15. `Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)