For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

Then, will they deliver you up into tribulation, and will slay you, - and ye will be men hated by all the nations, because of my name

and because of the increase of wickedness, most men's love will grow cold.

Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.

A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.

And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Wherever there is a dead body, [you can expect to see] vultures gathered there. [Note: This may mean that such a significant event as the coming of Christ would surely not go unnoticed].

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

In the same way, when you see all these things, you'll know that the Son of Man is near, right at the door.

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark,

And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Then shall two man be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, 'My master is a long time in coming,'

he will cut him in two and assign him the fate of the impious. There men will wail and gnash their teeth.

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

the man who had received five talents went, put them to work, and earned five more.

In the same way the man with two earned two more.

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

The man who had received five talents approached, presented five more talents, and said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents. Look, I’ve earned five more talents.’

“Then the man with two talents also approached. He said, ‘Master, you gave me two talents. Look, I’ve earned two more talents.’

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

And, in my fear, I went and hid your money in the ground; look, here is what belongs to you!'

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has the ten.'

For unto every man that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. And from him that hath not, shall be taken away, even that he hath.

Throw the good-for-nothing servant into the darkness outside; there men will wail and gnash their teeth.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

and before him will be gathered all the nations; and he will separate men one from another, as a shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats;

The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’

Then He will reply to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these [my followers], you did not do it for Me.’

Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.

While Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon, a man who had a serious skin disease,

For this perfume might have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

I tell you truly, wherever this gospel is preached through all the world, men will speak of what she has done in memory of her."

Then one of the Twelve—the man called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests

and said, "What would you give me if I turned Jesus over to you?" And they weighed out thirty silver coins [Note: This amount was equivalent to about five months of a farm laborer's wages, or approximately $7,000 in 1994], and promised [See Mark 14:11] to give him that much money.

And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

"The one who has dipped his fingers in the bowl with me," He answered, "is the man who will betray me.

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Then Judas, who afterward betrayed Him, answered by asking, "It cannot be I, can it, Rabbi?" Jesus answered him, "Yes, you are the man."

Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

Then advancing a little further, he fell prostrate in prayer, and said, "O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not mine, but thy will be done."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak."

Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.”

Jesus asked him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then the other men surged forward, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.

Suddenly, one of the men with Jesus reached out his hand, drew his sword, and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his ear.

The men who had seized Jesus took him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had gathered.

They found none, even though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward,

and said, This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

The high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Have You no answer to give? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

In the mean time Peter was sitting without in the court: and a servant maid came to him, and said, you likewise was one of Jesus the Galilean's comrades.

But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid'saw him, and saith unto them that were there, This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.

And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

Then Judas, who had betrayed Him [to the Jewish leaders], when he saw that Jesus had been condemned to die, changed his mind [i.e., about betraying Him] and brought back the thirty silver coins [Note: See Matt. 26:15 for the amount of money involved] to the leading priests and [Jewish] elders,

Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.

And throwing down the money in the temple, he departed; and having gone away hung himself.

But the chief priests took the silver coins [and] said, "It is not permitted to put them into the temple treasury, because it is {blood money}."

So after consulting together they spent the money in the purchase of the Potter's Field as a burial place for people not belonging to the city;

Then what had been declared through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said, "They took the 30 pieces of silver, the value of the man on whom a price had been set by the Israelis,

and gave the money for 'The Potter's Field,' as the Lord directed me."

So when the people had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which man do you want me to release for you Barabbas, or Jesus who is called "the Messiah'?"

When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

So the governor asked them, "Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?" "Barabbas!" they replied.

So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye to it .

Then the ruler's armed men took Jesus into the open square, and got all their band together.

And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

and saying - The man that taketh down the Temple and in three days buildeth it! Save, thyself! If thou art God's, Son, come down from the cross.

Then about three in the afternoon Jesus called out in a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani? [Note: These words were spoken in the commonly used Aramaic language], which mean, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.

So one of the men ran off at once, took a sponge, and soaked it in some sour wine. Then he put it on a stick and offered Jesus a drink.

But the rest said: "Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to save him." [However another man took a spear, and pierced his side; and water and blood flowed from it.]

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of holy men that slept, arose,

But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this man was Son of God.

When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:

this man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded it to be given up.

in the mean time Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary were sitting over against the sepulchre.

Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

Then Jesus said to them. "Fear not! Go tell my brothers to depart into Galilee, and they will see men there."

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

In the mean time the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

And when they saw him, they worshiped him, but men doubted.