Destruction of the S. MATTHEW. temple foretold. 30 And say, If we had been he that cometh in the name in the days of our fathers, we of the Lord. would not have been parta- f CHAP. XXIV. kers with them in the blood of the prophets. A ND Jesus went out, and departed from the tem31 Wherefore ye be wit-ple: and his disciples came nesses unto yourselves, that to him for to shew him the ye are the children of them buildings of the temple. which killed the prophets. r2 And Jesus said unto 32 Fill ye up then the mea- them, See ye not all these sure of your fathers. things? Verily I say unto 7033 Ye serpents, ye genera- you, There shall not be left tion of vipers, how can ye es- here one stone upon another, cape the damnation of hell? that shall not be thrown 34 Wherefore, behold, I down. send unto you prophets, and f3 And as he sat upon the wise men, and scribes: and mount of Olives, the disciples some of them ye shall kill and came unto him privately, saycrucify; and some of them ing, Tell us, when shall these shall yescourge in your syna-things be? and what shall be gogues, and persecute them the sign of thy coming, and from city to city: of the end of the world? 35 That upon you may come d 4 And Jesus answered and all the righteous blood shed said unto them, Take heed upon the earth, from the that no man deceive you. blood of righteous Abel unto 5 For many shall come in my the blood of Zacharias son of name, saying, I am Christ; Barachias, whom ye slew be- and shall deceive many. tween the temple and the r6 And ye shall hear of wars altar.. and rumours of wars: see that 36 Verily I say unto you, ye be not troubled: for all All these things shall come these things must come to upon this generation. pass, but the end is not yet. h 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 7 For nation shall rise thou that killest the prophets, against nation, and kingdom and stonest them which are against kingdom: and there sent unto thee, how often shall be famines, and pestiwould I have gathered thy lences, and earthquakes, in children together, even as a divers places. hen gathereth her chickens 8 All these are the beginunder her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, ill ye shall say, Blessed is ning of sorrows. 19 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be Signs of Christ's CHAP. XXIV. coming to judgment. offended, and shall betray for the elect's sake, those one another, and shall hate days shall be shortened. one another. 23 Then if any man shall 11 And many false prophets say unto you, Lo, here is shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. d 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you 14 And this gospel of the before. kingdom shall be preached d 26 Wherefore if they shall in all the world for a witness say unto you, Behold, he is unto all nations; and then in the desert; go not forth: shall the end come. behold, he is in the secret 15 When ye therefore shall chambers; believe it not. see the abomination of deso-t 27 For as the lightning lation, spoken of by Daniel cometh out of the east, and the prophet, stand in the shineth even unto the west; holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) d 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. t 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: t 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. t 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shal. gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. The fig tree. S. MATTHEW. The ten virgins. 32 Now learn a parable of would have watched, and the fig tree; When his branch would not have suffered his is yet tender, and putteth house to be broken up. forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh. 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, now that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35-Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. t 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 0 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. d 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. d 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? b 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken, 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 7051 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. i CHAP. XXV. THE of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. c 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house t 4 But the wise took oil in had known in what watch theirvesselswith their lamps. the thief would come, hel 5 While the bridegroom tar Parable of CHAP. XXV. the talents. ried they all slumbered and made them other five talents. slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the d 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. bridegroom cometh; go ye 18 But he that had received out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. I have gained beside them t 10 And while they went to five talents more. buy, the bridegroom came; 6 21 His lord said unto him, and they that were ready Well done, thou good and went in with him to the faithful servant: thou hast mariage: and the door was been faithful over a few shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. d 13 Watch, therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. i 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. t 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 6 23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. c 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in Description of S. MATTHEW. the last judgment. the earth: lo, there thou hast and ye gave me meat: I was that is thine. thirsty, and ye gave me w26 His lord answered and drink: I was a stranger, and said unto him, Thou wicked ye took me in: and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. t 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 33 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch t 30 And cast ye the unpro- as ye have done it unto one fitable servant into outer of the least of these my brethdarkness: there shall be ren, ye have done it unto me. weeping and gnashing of teeth. t31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: t 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlastingfire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. b34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Fa-ed, or sick, or in prison, and ther, inherit the kingdom did not minister unto thee? 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or nak prepared for you from the 45 Then shall he answer foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did |