Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple
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f Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said,
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"These things which you see - the days will come in which g not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down."
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So they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?"
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And He said: h "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.
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"But when you hear of i wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately."
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Cross References
Matthew 24:1
Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple.
Mark 13:1
Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
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Cross References
Isaiah 64:10
Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 64:11
Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Lamentations 2:6 - 9
He has done violence to His tabernacle, As if it were a garden; He has destroyed His place of assembly; The LORD has caused The appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In His burning indignation He has spurned the king and the priest.
Micah 3:12
Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, And the mountain of the temple Like the bare hills of the forest.
Luke 19:41 - 44
Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it.
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Cross References
Matthew 24:4
And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
Mark 13:5
And Jesus, answering them, began to say: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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Cross References
Revelation 6:4
Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.