d 13 But he that shall endure unto | is, there will the eagles be gatherthe end, the same shall be saved. ed together. 14 And this gospel of the king- 29 Immediately after the tridom shall be preached in all the bulation of those days, shall the world, for a witness unto all na- sun be darkened, and the moon tions; and then shall the end come. shall not give her light, and the 15 When ye therefore shall see stars shall fall from heaven, and the abomination of desolation, spo- the powers of the heavens shall be ken of by Daniel the prophet, stand shaken : in the 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 house-top 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 wo 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 for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 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 shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know 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 23 Then if any man shall say away. unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or t 36 T But of that day and hour there; believe it not. knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 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 before. d 26 Wherefore, if they shall say anto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. t 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcass 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. o 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, | cry made, Behold, the bridegroom and the other left. d 42 T Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 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? 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. cometh; go ye out to meet him. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 9 But the wise answered, saying, Nof so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. t 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Ve rily I say unto you, I know you not. d 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour 48 But and if that evil servant wherein the Son of man cometh. shall say in his heart, My lord de-i 14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven layeth his coming; is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 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, 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. w 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with t 16 Then he that had received the hypocrites: there shall be the five talents, went and traded weeping and gnashing of teeth. with the same, and made them CHAP. XXV. other five talents. i HEN shall the kingdom of d 17 And likewise he that had re *Theaven be likened unto ten ceived two, he also gained other two. virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. c2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: t 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a t 18 But he that had received 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, I have gained be. sides them five talents more. b 21 His lord said unto him, Well thered all nations: and he shall done, thou good and faithful ser- separate them one from another vant: thou hast been faithful over as a shepherd divideth his sheep a few things, I will make thee ru- from the goats: ler over many things: enter thou 33 And he shall set the shee into the joy of thy lord. on his right hand, but the goats on 22 He also that had received two | the left. talents came, and said, Lord, thou 6 34 Then shall the King say unto deliveredst unto me two talents : them on his right hand, Come, ye behold, I have gained two other blessed of my Father, inherit the talents besides them. kingdom prepared for you from b 23 His lord said unto him, Well the foundation of the world: done, good and faithful servant; 35 For I was a hungered, and thou hast been faithful over a few ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, things, I will make thee ruler over and ye gave me drink: I was a many things: enter thou into the stranger, and ye took me in: joy of thy lord. c 24 Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not | sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. w 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed: 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. t 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me; was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 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 as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. t 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : 42 For I was a hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 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 teeth. him, saying, Lord, when saw we t 31 T When the Son of man shall thee a hungered, or athirst, or a come in his glory, and all the holy | stranger, or naked, or sick, or in angels with him, then shall he sit prison, and did not minister unto upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be ga-1 thee? 45 Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say unto you, In- called Judas Iscariot, went unto asmuch as ye did it not to one of the chief priests, the least of these, ye did it not to me. * 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. CHAP. XXVI. fAND it came to pass, when c 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought Jesus had finished all these opportunity to betray him. sayings, he said unto his disciples, t 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. f3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people. g 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, f7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and pour ed it on his head as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus undersood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. f17 ¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. f20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, That one of you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. t 24 The Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but wo unto that man by whom the son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not I 26 T And as they were eating, always. Jesus took bread, and blessed it, 12 For in that she hath poured and brake it, and gave it to the this ointment on my body, she did disciples, and said, Take, eat; this it for my burial. is my body. 13 Verily I say unto you, Where- d 27 And he took the cup, and soever this gospel shall be preach- gave thanks, and gave it to them, ed in the whole world, there shall saying, Drink ye all of it; also this, that this woman hath 28 For this is my blood of the done, be told for a memorial of her. new testament, which is shed for f 14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not | spirit indeed is willing, but the drink henceforth of this fruit of the flesh is weak. vine, until that day when I drink d 42 He went away again the se it new with you in my Father's kingdom. g 30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. t 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. cond time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. f43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. f 47 T And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast. g 36 ¶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disci-s 49 And forthwith he came to ples, Sit ye here, while I go and Jesus, and said, Hail, Master; and pray yonder. kissed him. 37 And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. * 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. f 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. f51 And behold, one of them which were with Jesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword. t 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What! could ye not watch with me one hour? d 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the be? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must |