When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

‘The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

‘But they paid no attention and went off – one to his field, another to his business.

‘Do you see all these things?’ he asked. ‘Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’

To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.