New Testament in a Year

21 And he beheld, and saw the rich men, that cast their gifts into the treasury;

² but he saw also a little poor widow casting two farthings.^[a]

³ And he said, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast more than all men.

⁴ For why all these of [the] thing that was plenteous to them [For why all these of the abundance, or plenteous, to them] cast into the gifts of God; but this widow of that thing that failed to her, cast all her livelode [sent all her lifelode], that she had.

⁵ And when some men said of the temple, that it was appareled with good stones and gifts [that it was adorned with good stones and gifts], he said,

⁶ These things that ye see, days shall come, in which a stone shall not be left on a stone, which shall not be destroyed.^[b]

⁷ And they asked him, and said [saying], Commander, when shall these things be? and what token shall be, when they shall begin to be done?

⁸ And he said, See ye, that ye be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, saying, For I am, and the time shall approach [and the time shall nigh]; therefore do not ye go after them.

⁹ And when ye shall hear battles and strives within [But when ye shall hear battles and dissensions within], do not ye be afeared; it behooveth first these things to be done, but not yet at once is an end [but not yet anon the end].

¹⁰ Then he said to them, Folk shall rise against folk, and realm against realm;

¹¹ and great movings of the earth shall be by places, and pestilences, and hungers, and dreads from heaven, and great tokens shall be.

¹² But before all these things they shall set their hands on you, and shall pursue you, betaking into synagogues and keepings, drawing you to kings and to justices^[c], for my name;

¹³ but it shall fall to you into witnessing.

¹⁴ Therefore put ye in your hearts, not to think before, how ye shall answer;

¹⁵ for I shall give to you mouth and wisdom, to which all your adversaries shall not be able to against-stand, and gainsay [and against-say].

¹⁶ And ye shall be taken of father, and mother [Soothly ye shall be betrayed of father, and mother], and brethren, and cousins, and friends, and by death they shall torment [some] of you;

¹⁷ and ye shall be in hate to all men for my name. [and ye shall be hated of all men for my name.]

¹⁸ And an hair of your head shall not perish;

¹⁹ in your patience ye shall wield your souls.