The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ Chryst cōmendeth the poore wydowe: telleth of the destruccyon of Ierusalem. Of false teachers: of the tokens, and troubles for to come: of the ende of the worlde, and of his owne comynge.

CAPI. XXI.

AS he behelde, * 1.1 he sawe the ryche men, [unspec A] whiche cast in theyr offerynges into the treasury. He sawe also a certayne poore wydowe, whiche cast in thyther two mytes. And he sayde: of a trueth I saye vnto you / * 1.2 that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all. For they al haue of theyr super∣fluyte added vnto the offeryng{is} of God: but she, of her penurye hath caste in all the sub∣staunce that she had.

And vnto some that spake of the temple, howe it was garnysshed with goodly stones and Iewels, he sayd. * 1.3 The dayes wyl come / in the whiche (of these thynges whiche ye se) there shal not be left one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe. And they asked hym, sayenge: Mayster, when shall these thynges be, and what sygne wyll there

be when sothe thynges shall come to passe?

And he sayde: * 1.4 take hede, that ye be not deceyued. For * 1.5 many shal come in my name and saye that they are Chryst: and the tyme [unspec B] draweth nere. Folowe ye not them therfore. But when ye heare of warres and sedicions, be not afrayde. For these thynges must fyrst come to passe, but the ende foloweth not by and by. Then sayde he vnto them: * 1.6 Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion, and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome, and great earthquakes shall be in all places, and hunger, and pesty∣lence, and fearful thynges. And great sygnes shall there be from heuen.

But before all these, * 1.7 they shall lay han∣des on you, and persecute you, delyuerynge you vp to the Synagoges, and into prysons [unspec C] and shall brynge you vnto kynges and ru∣lers for my names sake. And this shal chaūce you for a testimoniall. Be at a sure poynte therfore in youre hertes, not to study before, what ye shall answere: for * 1.8 I wyl gyue you a mouth and wysdome, where agaynst, al your aduersaries * 1.9 shall not be able to speake nor resyst. Moreouer ye shall be * 1.10 betrayed of your fathers and mothers, and brethren, and kynsfolke, and frendes, and some of you shal they put to death. And hated shall ye be of al men for my names sake, and there shall not one heere of your heade perysshe. ☞ Possesse ye your soule by pacience.

* 1.11 And when ye se Ierusalem beseyged with an hoost, then be sure that the desola∣cion of the same is nygh. Thē let them which [unspec D] are in Iurye, flee to the mountaynes. And let them whiche are in the myddes of it, de∣parte out. And let not them that are in other coūtreys, enter therin. For these be the dayes of vengeaunce, that all thynges whiche are wrytten may be fulfylled. But wo vnto them that be with chylde, and to them that gyue sucke in those dayes: for there shall be greate trouble in the lande, and * 1.12 wrathe ouer all this people. And they shall fall thorowe the edge of the swerde, and shall be led awaye captyue in to al nacions. And Ierusalem shal be troden downe of the Gentyls, vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfylled.

✚ * 1.13 And there shall be sygnes in the Son and in the Moone, and in the sterres: and in [unspec E] the earth, * 1.14 the people shall be at theyr wyt∣tes ende, thorowe dispayre. The see and the water shall rore, & mennes hertes shall fayle them for feare, and for lokynge after those thynges whiche shall come on the earth. For the powers of heuen shall moue. And then shal they se the sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye.

When these thynges begyn to come to [unspec F] passe: then loke vp, and ☞ lyfte vp your hea∣des, for your redempcyon draweth nygh.

* 1.15 And he shewed them a similitude: behold the fygge tree, and all the trees whē they shut forth theyr buddes, ye se and knowe of youre owne selues, that sommer is then nyghe at hande. So lykewyse ye also (when ye se these thynges come to passe) be sure, that the kyng¦dome of God is nyghe. Uerely I saye vnto you: this generacion shall not passe, tyll al be fulfylled. Heuen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe. ⊢

✚ * 1.16 Take hede to your selues, lest at any tyme youre hertes be ouercome with surfet∣tyng and dronkennes, and cares of this lyfe, [unspec G] and so the daye come vpon you vnwares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the hole earth. * 1.17 Watche ye therfore contynually, & praye, that ye maye escape all these thynges that shall come, and that ye maye stande before the son of man. ⊢

In the daye tyme, he taught in the temple: and at nyght, he wente out, and abode in the mount that is called Olyuete. * 1.18 And all the people came in the mornynge to hym in the temple, for to heare hym.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Mark. x••i••.
• * 1.2

  i. Corin. 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪
• * 1.3

  mat. xxii••••. •• Mar. xiii. ••
• * 1.4

  ••ollos ii. b. Ephesi. v. b
• * 1.5

  Iohsi. 4. a
• * 1.6

  Esai. xix. a. Esdr. 13 c
• * 1.7

  Math. x. b Mat. xiii. b Iohn̄. xvi. a
• * 1.8

  Erod. iiii. d Math. x. ••
• * 1.9

  Actes. vi. t
• * 1.10

  M••th. vii. b
• * 1.11

  mat. xxiiii. b Mat. xiii. b Deui. ix. g
• * 1.12

  i. Ehe••. ii. d
• * 1.13

  Mat. xxiiii. t Mat. xiii. c. ••oc••••. ii. t.
• * 1.14

  Ezeche 38. f
• * 1.15

  mat. xxiiii e Mat. xiii. ••
• * 1.16

  Ecclesi. 31. •• ••. xxxvi••. t. Rom xiii. d
• * 1.17

  mat. xxiiii d Mat. xiii. ••
• * 1.18

  Iohn̄. viii ••