1. JESUS went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

2. But he answered them,"You see all of these things, don't you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

3. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

4. JESUS answered them,"Be careful that no one leads you astray.

5. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

6. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

7. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

8. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

9. Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

10. Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

11. Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

12. Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

13. But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

14. This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15. "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation,Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

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

17. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.

18. Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

19. But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

20. Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,

21. for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

22. Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

23. "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.

24. For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

25. "Behold, I have told you beforehand.

26. If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

27. For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28. For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vulturesgather together.

29. But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

30. and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

31. He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

32. "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

33. Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34. Most certainly I tell you, this generationwill not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

36. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

37. "As the days of Noah were, so will 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 ship,

39. and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

40. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

41. two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.

42. Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

43. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

44. Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

45. "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?

46. Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.

47. Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

48. But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

49. and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,

50. the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

51. and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

1. On that day JESUS went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

2. Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

3. He spoke to them many things in parables, saying,"Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

4. As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

5. Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

6. When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

7. Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

8. Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

9. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

10. The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

11. He answered them,"To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

12. For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

13. Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

14. In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,'By hearing you will hear,and will in no way understand;Seeing you will see,and will in no way perceive:

15. for this people's heart has grown callous,their ears are dull of hearing,they have closed their eyes;or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes,hear with their ears,understand with their heart,and would turn again;and I would heal them.'Isaiah 6:9-10

16. "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

17. For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

18. "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

19. When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

20. What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

21. yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

22. What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23. What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

24. He set another parable before them, saying,"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

25. but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weedsalso among the wheat, and went away.

26. But when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

27. The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?'

28. "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

29. "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

30. Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

31. He set another parable before them, saying,"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

32. which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

33. He spoke another parable to them."The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measuresof meal, until it was all leavened."

34. JESUS spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

35. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,"I will open my mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."Psalm 78:2

36. Then JESUS sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

37. He answered them,"He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

38. the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

39. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

40. As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

41. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

42. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

43. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

45. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

46. who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

48. which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

49. So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

50. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

51. JESUS said to them,"Have you understood all these things?"They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

52. He said to them,"Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

53. When JESUS had finished these parables, he departed from there.

54. Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

55. Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

56. Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

57. They were offended by him.But JESUS said to them,"A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

58. He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.