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¹ And he biheeld, and saye tho riche men, that casten her yiftis in to the treserie;² but he saye also a litil pore widewe castynge twei ferthingis.³ And he seide, Treuli Y seie to you, that this pore widewe keste more than alle men.⁴ For whi alle these of thing that was plenteuouse to hem casten in to the yiftis of God; but this widewe of that thing that failide to hir, caste al hir liflode, that sche hadde.

⁵ And whanne sum men seiden of the temple, that it was apparailid with gode stoonus and yiftis,⁶ he seide, These thingis that ye seen, daies schulen come, in whiche a stoon schal not be left on a stoon, which schal not be destried.⁷ And thei axiden hym, and seiden, Comaundour, whanne schulen these thingis be? and what tokne schal be, whanne thei schulen bigynne to be don?⁸ And he seide, Se ye, that ye be not disseyued; for many schulen come in my name, seiynge, For Y am, and the tyme schal neiye; therfor nyle ye go aftir hem.⁹ And whanne ye schulen here batailis and stryues with ynne, nyle ye be aferd; it bihoueth first these thingis to be don, but not yit anoon is an ende.¹⁰ Thanne he seide to hem, Folk schal rise ayens folk, and rewme ayens rewme;¹¹ grete mouyngis of erthe schulen be bi placis, and pestilencis, and hungris, and dredis fro heuene, and grete tokenes schulen be.¹² But bifore alle these thingis thei schulen sette her hoondis on you, and schulen pursue, bitakynge in to synagogis and kepyngis, drawynge to kyngis and to iusticis, for my name;¹³ but it schal falle to you in to witnessyng.¹⁴ Therfor putte ye in youre hertis, not to thenke bifore, hou ye schulen answere; for Y schal yyue to you mouth and wisdom,¹⁵ to whiche alle youre aduersaries schulen not mowe ayenstonde, and ayenseie.¹⁶ And ye schulen be takun of fadir, and modir, and britheren, and cosyns, and freendis, and bi deeth thei schulen turmente of you;¹⁷ and ye schulen be in haate to alle men for my name.¹⁸ And an heere of youre heed schal not perische;¹⁹ in youre pacience ye schulen welde youre soulis.

²⁰ But whanne ye schulen se Jerusalem ben enuyround with an oost, thanne wite ye, that the desolacioun of it schal neiye.²¹ Thanne thei that ben in Judee, fle to the mountans; and thei that ben in the mydil of it, gon awei; and thei that ben in the cuntreis, entre not in to it.²² For these ben daies of veniaunce, that alle thingis that ben writun, be fulfillid.²³ And wo to hem, that ben with child, and norischen in tho daies; for a greet diseese schal be on the erthe, and wraththe to this puple.²⁴ And thei schulen falle bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and thei schulen be led prisoneris in to alle folkis; and Jerusalem schal be defoulid of hethene men, til the tymes of naciouns be fulfillid.²⁵ And tokenes schulen be in the sunne, and the mone, and in the sterris; and in the erthe ouerleiyng of folkis, for confusioun of sown of the see and of floodis;²⁶ for men schulen wexe drye for drede and abidyng that schulen come to al the world; for vertues of heuenes schulen be mouyd.²⁷ And thanne thei schulen se mannys sone comynge in a cloude, with greet power and maieste.²⁸ And whanne these thingis bigynnen to be maad, biholde ye, and reise ye youre heedis, for youre redempcioun neiyeth.

²⁹ And he seide to hem a liknesse, Se ye the fige tre, and alle trees,³⁰ whanne thei bryngen forth now of hem silf fruyt, ye witen that somer is nyy;³¹ so ye, whanne ye seen these thingis to be don, wite ye, that the kyngdom of God is nyy.³² Treuli Y seie to you, that this generacioun schal not passe, til alle thingis be don.³³ Heuene and erthe schulen passe, but my wordis schulen not passe.³⁴ But take ye heede to you silf, lest perauenture youre hertis be greuyd with glotony, and drunkenesse, and bisynessis of this lijf, and thilke dai come sodein on you; for as a snare it schal come on alle men,³⁵ that sitten on the face of al erthe.³⁶ Therfor wake ye, preiynge in ech tyme, that ye be hadde worthi to fle alle these thingis that ben to come, and to stonde bifor mannus sone.³⁷ And in daies he was techynge in the temple, but in nyytis he yede out, and dwellide in the mount, that is clepid of Olyuet.³⁸ And al the puple roos eerli, to come to hym in the temple, and to here hym.