Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it. read more. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life? For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he render to every one according to his doing. I tell you truly, that some of those standing here shall not taste death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate; read more. for I tell you that you shall not see me henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!

And calling the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whoever wishes to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, and that of the good news, shall save it. read more. For what will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his life? for what is the exchange for his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father, with the holy angels.

And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the chief priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am; and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.

And Jesus said, I am; and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. And the high priest rent his clothes, and said, What further need have we of witnesses?

And the high priest rent his clothes, and said, What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy; what do you think? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death. read more. And some spit on him; and they blindfolded him, and beat him with the fist, and said to him, Prophesy. And the officers beat him with open hands. And Peter being in the court below, one of the female servants of the chief priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, looked at him, and said, You also were with Jesus the Nazarene. But he denied it, saying, I do not know [him]; neither do I know what you say. And he went out into the porch, and a cock crew.

And he said to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it. read more. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and that of the Father, and of the holy angels. And I tell you of a truth, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.

And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.

Jesus answered and said to him, If any one loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our mansion with him.

But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I should go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you.

For I wish you not to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery; that you may not be wise in your own conceit. For hardness in part has come upon Israel, till the fullness of the gentiles shall come in, and so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, A deliverer shall come from Zion, he shall turn away impiety from Jacob.

And [do] this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour that we should be waked from sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Let your gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is near.

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who live and remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those that have fallen asleep,

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

and then shall the wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth and destroy with the brightness of his coming,

Do you also have long patience, confirm your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

knowing this first, that in the last days scoffers shall come with scoffing walking after their inordinate desires, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the world. read more. For of this they are willingly ignorant, that the heavens were of old, and the earth was made of water and by water by the word of God, by which the world that then was, being overflowed with water, was destroyed. But the present heavens and the earth have been preserved by his word, being kept for fire, at the day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men. But let not this one thing escape you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow in respect to his promise, as some men account slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to a change of mind.

And he took the dragon, which is the old serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut him up and put a seal over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were finished; after that he must be released a short time. read more. And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years; the rest of the dead did not live till the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection; on these the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and Christ, and reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be released from his prison,