27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness. 28So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say: 30If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31So that ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets; 32and fill ye up the measure of your fathers!
33Serpents! Brood of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of hell?
34Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
37Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 39For I say to you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.
XXIV. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him, to show him the buildings of the temple. 2And he answering said to them: See ye not all these things? Verily I say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3And as he sat on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and of the end of the world? 4And Jesus answering said to them: Take heed, lest any one lead you astray. 5For many will come in my name, saying: I am the Christ; and will lead astray many. 6And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Take heed, be not troubled; for all must come to pass[6]; but not yet is the end! 7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8But all these are the beginning of sorrows. 9Then will they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10And then will many be offended, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another. 11And many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray. 12And because iniquity abounds, the love of the many will become cold. 13But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end.
15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that reads mark!) 16then let those in Judæa flee to the mountains; he that is upon the house, 17let him not come down to take the things out of his house; 18and he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his garments. 19But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! 20And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor on a sabbath. 21For then will be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no nor shall be. 22And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen, those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here, believe it not. 24For there will arise false Christs, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so as, if possible, to lead even the chosen astray. 25Behold, I have told you before.
26If therefore they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. 27For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and shines even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 28For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
29And immediately, after the affliction of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth[30] mourn, and shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.