18. But not a hair of your head shall perish.
19. In your patience ye shall possess your souls.
20. And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is near.
21. Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of it depart out, and let not those that are in the country enter thereinto.
22. For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23. But woe unto those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
24. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25. Then there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26. men’s hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27. And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near.
29. And he spoke unto them a parable: Behold the fig tree and all the trees;
30. when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand.
31. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is near at hand.
32. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away until all is fulfilled.
33. The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
34. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with excess and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35. For as a snare it shall come on all those that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36. Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.