1 Tendo Jesus saído do templo, ia-se retirando, quando se aproximaram dele os seus discípulos para lhe mostrar as construções do templo. 2 Ele, porém, lhes disse: Não vedes tudo isto? Em verdade vos digo que não ficará aqui pedra sobre pedra que não seja derribada.

3 No monte das Oliveiras, achava-se Jesus assentado, quando se aproximaram dele os discípulos, em particular, e lhe pediram: Dize-nos quando sucederão estas coisas e que sinal haverá da tua vinda e da consumação do século. 4 E ele lhes respondeu: Vede que ninguém vos engane. 5 Porque virão muitos em meu nome, dizendo: Eu sou o Cristo, e enganarão a muitos. 6 E, certamente, ouvireis falar de guerras e rumores de guerras; vede, não vos assusteis, porque é necessário assim acontecer, mas ainda não é o fim. 7 Porquanto se levantará nação contra nação, reino contra reino, e haverá fomes e terremotos em vários lugares; 8 porém tudo isto é o princípio das dores. 9 Então, sereis atribulados, e vos matarão. Sereis odiados de todas as nações, por causa do meu nome. 10 Nesse tempo, muitos hão de se escandalizar, trair e odiar uns aos outros; 11 levantar-se-ão muitos falsos profetas e enganarão a muitos. 12 E, por se multiplicar a iniquidade, o amor se esfriará de quase todos. 13 Aquele, porém, que perseverar até o fim, esse será salvo. 14 E será pregado este evangelho do reino por todo o mundo, para testemunho a todas as nações. Então, virá o fim.

15 Quando, pois, virdes o abominável da desolação de que falou o profeta Daniel, no lugar santo (quem lê entenda), 16 então, os que estiverem na Judeia fujam para os montes; 17 quem estiver sobre o eirado não desça a tirar de casa alguma coisa; 18 e quem estiver no campo não volte atrás para buscar a sua capa. 19 Ai das que estiverem grávidas e das que amamentarem naqueles dias! 20 Orai para que a vossa fuga não se dê no inverno, nem no sábado; 21 porque nesse tempo haverá grande tribulação, como desde o princípio do mundo até agora não tem havido e nem haverá jamais. 22 Não tivessem aqueles dias sido abreviados, ninguém seria salvo; mas, por causa dos escolhidos, tais dias serão abreviados. 23 Então, se alguém vos disser: Eis aqui o Cristo! Ou: Ei-lo ali! Não acrediteis; 24 porque surgirão falsos cristos e falsos profetas operando grandes sinais e prodígios para enganar, se possível, os próprios eleitos. 25 Vede que vo-lo tenho predito. 26 Portanto, se vos disserem: Eis que ele está no deserto!, não saiais. Ou: Ei-lo no interior da casa!, não acrediteis. 27 Porque, assim como o relâmpago sai do oriente e se mostra até no ocidente, assim há de ser a vinda do Filho do Homem. 28 Onde estiver o cadáver, aí se ajuntarão os abutres.

29 Logo em seguida à tribulação daqueles dias, o sol escurecerá, a lua não dará a sua claridade, as estrelas cairão do firmamento, e os poderes dos céus serão abalados. 30 Então, aparecerá no céu o sinal do Filho do Homem; todos os povos da terra se lamentarão e verão o Filho do Homem vindo sobre as nuvens do céu, com poder e muita glória. 31 E ele enviará os seus anjos, com grande clangor de trombeta, os quais reunirão os seus escolhidos, dos quatro ventos, de uma a outra extremidade dos céus.

32 Aprendei, pois, a parábola da figueira: quando já os seus ramos se renovam e as folhas brotam, sabeis que está próximo o verão. 33 Assim também vós: quando virdes todas estas coisas, sabei que está próximo, às portas. 34 Em verdade vos digo que não passará esta geração sem que tudo isto aconteça. 35 Passará o céu e a terra, porém as minhas palavras não passarão. 36 Mas a respeito daquele dia e hora ninguém sabe, nem os anjos dos céus, nem o Filho, senão o Pai. 37 Pois assim como foi nos dias de Noé, também será a vinda do Filho do Homem. 38 Porquanto, assim como nos dias anteriores ao dilúvio comiam e bebiam, casavam e davam-se em casamento, até ao dia em que Noé entrou na arca, 39 e não o perceberam, senão quando veio o dilúvio e os levou a todos, assim será também a vinda do Filho do Homem. 40 Então, dois estarão no campo, um será tomado, e deixado o outro; 41 duas estarão trabalhando num moinho, uma será tomada, e deixada a outra. 42 Portanto, vigiai, porque não sabeis em que dia vem o vosso Senhor. 43 Mas considerai isto: se o pai de família soubesse a que hora viria o ladrão, vigiaria e não deixaria que fosse arrombada a sua casa. 44 Por isso, ficai também vós apercebidos; porque, à hora em que não cuidais, o Filho do Homem virá.

45 Quem é, pois, o servo fiel e prudente, a quem o senhor confiou os seus conservos para dar-lhes o sustento a seu tempo? 46 Bem-aventurado aquele servo a quem seu senhor, quando vier, achar fazendo assim. 47 Em verdade vos digo que lhe confiará todos os seus bens. 48 Mas, se aquele servo, sendo mau, disser consigo mesmo: Meu senhor demora-se, 49 e passar a espancar os seus companheiros e a comer e beber com ébrios, 50 virá o senhor daquele servo em dia em que não o espera e em hora que não sabe 51 e castigá-lo-á, lançando-lhe a sorte com os hipócritas; ali haverá choro e ranger de dentes.

1 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs 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 earthquakes in divers places. 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail. 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and 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 iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), 16 then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the mountains: 17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house: 18 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak. 19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! 20 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 But immediately after the tribulation 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 the heavens shall be shaken: 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 on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send forth 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 from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; 33 even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. 37 And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left: 41 two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food 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 will set him over all that he hath. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; 50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.

2 "Do you see all these things?" he asked. "Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down."

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.

5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many.

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' "spoken of through the prophet Daniel —let the reader understand —

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.

18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.

19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.

21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now —and never to be equaled again.

22 "If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

23 At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it.

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

26 "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the wilderness,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 "Immediately after the distress of those days "'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' [^2]

30 "Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth "will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. [^4]

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it "is near, right at the door.

34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

36 "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, "but only the Father.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42 "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

43 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

45 "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?

46 It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.