bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are
the children of those who killed the prophets. (32)Fill ye up then the
measure of your fathers. (33)Ye serpents, ye broods of vipers! how can
ye escape from the damnation of hell? (34)Therefore, behold, I am
sending to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye
shall kill, and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute from city to city: (35)that upon you may come
all the righteous blood which hath been poured out upon the earth, from
the blood of the righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of
Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. (36)Verily I
say unto you, All these things shall come on this generation.

(37)O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest
those who were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children to me, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye
would not? (38)Behold, your habitation is left unto you desolate.
(39)For I tell you, Ye shall henceforth no more see me, until ye say,
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XXIV.

AND Jesus departing was going his way from the temple: and his
disciples came to him, to point out to his observation the buildings of
the temple. (2)But Jesus said unto them, Do you not see all these
things? I tell you of a certainty, There shall not be left here one
stone upon another, which shall not be utterly thrown down.

(3)Then as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came
to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall there things be? and what
is the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the age? (4)And
Jesus answering said unto them, Beware that no man deceive you. (5)For
many will come in my name, saying, I am the Messiah; and shall deceive
multitudes. (6)And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that
ye be not terrified: for these things must first be, but the end is not
yet. (7)For nation shall be roused up against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in diverse places. (8)Now all these things are the
beginning of the travailing pangs. (9)Then shall they deliver you up to
affliction, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations
for my name's sake. (10)And then shall many be offended, and shall
betray one another, and hate one another. (11)And many false prophets
shall arise,