Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting
their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.
2 He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting
two farthings into them.
3 On this he said:
“I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all
the others;
4 for every one else here put in something from what
he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she
had to live upon.”
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5 When some of them spoke about the Temple
being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings,
Jesus said:
6 “As for these things that you are looking
at, a time is coming when not one stone will
be left upon another here, which will not be thrown
down.”
7 So the disciples questioned Jesus: “But, Teacher,
when will this be? and what sign will there be when this is
near?”
8 And Jesus said:
“See that you are not led astray; for many will take
my name, and come saying ‘I am He,’ and ‘The time is close
at hand.’
9 Do not follow them. And, when you hear of wars
and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must
occur first; but the end will not be at once.” note
10 Then he said to them:
“‘Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against
kingdom,’ note
11 and there will be great earthquakes, and plagues
and famines in various places, and there will be terrible
appearances and signs in the heavens.
12 Before all this, they will
lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you
to Synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought
before kings and governors for the sake of my Name.
13 Then
will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.
14 Make up your
minds, therefore, not to prepare your defence;
15 for I will myself
give you words, and a wisdom which all your opponents
together will be unable to resist or defy.
16 You will be betrayed
even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends,
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and they will cause some of you to be put to death,
17 and you
will be hated by every one on account of my Name.
18 Yet
not a single hair of your heads shall be lost!
19 By your
endurance you shall win yourselves Life. ⪆⪆
20 As soon,
however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps,
then you may know that the hour of her desecration is
at hand.
21 Then those of you who are in Judaea must take
refuge in the mountains, those who are in Jerusalem must
leave at once, and those who are in the country places must
not go into it.
22 For these are to be the Days of Vengeance,
when all that Scripture says will be fulfilled. note
23 Alas for the
women that are with child, and for those that are nursing
infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the
land, and anger against this people.
24 They will fall by the edge
of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and
‘Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles,’ until their
day is over—as it shall be. note
25 There will be signs, too, in the
sun and moon and stars, and on the earth despair among the
nations, in their dismay at the roar of the sea and the surge. note
26 Men's hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming
upon the world; for ‘the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.’ note
27 Then will be seen the ‘Son of Man coming in a cloud’
with power and great glory. note ⪆⪆
28 And, when these things
begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your
deliverance will be at hand.”
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29 Then he taught them a lesson thus—
30 “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. As
soon as they shoot, you know, as you look
at them, without being told, that summer is near.
31 And so
may you, as soon as you see these things happening,
know that the Kingdom of God is near.
32 I tell you that even
the present generation will not pass away till all has taken
place.
33 The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my
words will never pass away. ⪆⪆
34 Be on your guard lest
your minds should ever be dulled by debauches or drunkenness
or the anxieties of life, and lest ‘That Day’ should come
suddenly upon you, like a snare.
35 For come it will upon all
who are living upon the face of the whole earth. note
36 Be on the
watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to
escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the
presence of the Son of Man.”
37 During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple
Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called
the ‘Mount of Olives.’
38 And all the people would get up early
in the morning and come to listen to him in the Temple
Courts.
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Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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