5 And vnto some, that spake of the tem∣ple, howe it was garnisshed with good∣lie stones and gyftes, he sayde.
6 Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpō? The dayes wyll come, in ye which there shall not be left one stone vpō ano∣ther, that shall not be throwen downe.
7 And they asked him, saying: Maister when shall these thynges be? and what signe wyll there be, when these thynges shall come to passe?
[unspec B] 8 And he sayde: Take heede, that ye be not deceaued. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christe, and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye them not therfore.
9 But when ye heare of warres, and se∣ditiōs, be not afraide: For these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende fo∣loweth not by and by.
10 Then sayde he vnto them: Nation shall ryse agaynst nation, & kyngdome agaynst kyngdome.
11 And great earthquakes shalbe in di∣uers places, and hunger, and pestilence, and fearefull thynges, and great signes shall there be from heauen.
[unspec C] 12 But before all these, they shall laye their handes on you, and persecute you, deliueryng you vp to the synagogues, & into prisons, and shall bryng you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake.
13 And it shall turne to you for a testimo∣niall.
14 Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes, not to studie before what ye shall aunswere:
15 For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your ad∣uersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
16 Yea ye shalbe betrayed also of your pa∣rentes, and brethren, and kynsfolke, and friendes, and [some] of you shal they put to death.
17 And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake.
18 And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe.
[unspec D] 19 Possesse ye your soule by patience.
20 *And whē ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast, then be sure that the de∣solation of the same is nye.
21 Then let them which are in Iurie, flee to the mountaynes, and let them which are in the myddes of it, depart out: and let not them that are in other countreys enter therm.
22 For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thinges which are written, may be fulfylled.
23 But wo vnto thē that are with childe, & to them that geue sucke in those days: For there shalbe great distresse in the lande, and wrath ouer this people.
24 And they shall fall through the edge of the sworde, and shalbe led away captiue into all nations: And Hierusalem shalbe troden downe of the gentiles, vntyll the tyme of the gentiles be fulfylled.
25 ☞ And there shalbe signes in the sunne [unspec E] and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nati∣ons, with perplexitie. The sea and the water shall rore.
26 And mens heartes shal fayle them for feare, and for loking after those thinges which shall come on the world: For the powers of heauen shalbe shaken.
27 And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude, with power and great glorie.
28 And when these thynges begyn to come to passe, then loke vp, and lyft vp your heades, for your redemptiō draw∣eth nye.
29 And he shewed them a similitude: [unspec F] Behold the figge tree, & all the trees.
30 When they shoote foorth [their buddes] ye see and knowe of your owne selues that summer is then nye at hande.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these thin∣ges come to passe, be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye.
32 Veryly I say vnto you, this generati∣on shall not passe, tyll all be fulfylled.
33 Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.☜ [unspec G]
34 ☞Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth.
36 Watche ye therfore, and pray continu∣ally, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
37 In the day time he taught in the tem∣ple: and at nyght he went out, & abode in the mount that is called Oliuete.
38 And all the people came in ye mornyng to hym in the temple, for to heare hym.