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- As he beheld, he sawe the ryche men whiche caste their gyftes into the treasurie.
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- He saw also a certaine poore wydowe, which caste in thyther two unites.
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- And he sayde, Of a trueth I say vnto you, that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all.
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- For they all haue of their superfluitie added vnto the offerynges of God: but she of her penurie hath cast in al the substaunce that she had.
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- And vnto some, that spake of the temple, howe it was garnisshed with goodlie stones and gyftes, he sayde.
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- Are these the thynges whiche ye loke vpo?
The dayes wyll come, in ye which there shall not be left one stone vpo another, that shall not be throwen downe.
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- And they asked him, saying: Maister when shall these thynges be?
and what signe wyll there be, when these thynges shall come to passe?
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- 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.
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- But when ye heare of warres, and seditios, be not afraide: For these thinges must first come to passe, but the ende foloweth not by and by.
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- Then sayde he vnto them: Nation shall ryse agaynst nation, & kyngdome agaynst kyngdome.
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- And great earthquakes shalbe in diuers places, and hunger, and pestilence, and fearefull thynges, and great signes shall there be from heauen.
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- 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.
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- And it shall turne to you for a testimoniall.
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- Be at a sure poynt therefore in your heartes, not to studie before what ye shall aunswere:
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- For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
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- Yea ye shalbe betrayed also of your parentes, and brethren, and kynsfolke, and friendes, and [some] of you shal they put to death.
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- And hated shal ye be of all men for my names sake.
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- And there shall not one heere of your head peryshe.
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- Possesse ye your soule by patience.
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- And whe ye see Hierusalem besieged with an hoast, then be sure that the desolation of the same is nye.
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- 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 therin.
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- For these be the dayes of vengeaunce, that all thinges which are written, may be fulfylled.
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- But wo vnto the 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.
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- 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.
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- And there shalbe signes in the sunne and in the moone, & in the starres: and vpon the earth trouble among the nations, with perplexitie.
The sea and the water shall rore.
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- 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.
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- And then shall they see the sonne of man come in a cloude, with power and great glorie.
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- And when these thynges begyn to come to passe, then loke vp, and lyft vp your heades, for your redemptio draweth nye.
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- And he shewed them a similitude: Behold the figge tree, & all the trees.
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- When they shoote foorth [their buddes] ye see and knowe of your owne selues that sommer is then nye at hande.
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- So likewise ye, when ye see these thinges come to passe, be ye sure that the kyngdome of God is nye.
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- Ueryly I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, tyll all be fulfylled.
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- Heauen and earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.
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- 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.
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- For as a snare shall it come on al them that dwell on the face of ye whole earth.
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- Watche ye therfore, and pray continually, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these thinges yt shall come, & that ye may stand before ye sonne of man.
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- In the day time he taught in the temple: and at nyght he went out, & abode in the mount that is called Oliuete.
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- And all the people came in ye mornyng to hym in the temple, for to heare hym.
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