The Life of Jesus

And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;

David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'

And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,

`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury--rich men,

and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,

and he said, `Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;

for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.'

And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

`These things that ye behold--days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what is the sign when these things may be about to happen?'

And he said, `See--ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying--I am he , and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.'

Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

and it shall become to you for a testimony.

`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,

for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name--

and a hair out of your head shall not perish;