<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;But when you see <i>the abomination of desolationi><n id="1" /> standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee<n id="2" /> to the mountains.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> while Jesus<n id="2" /> was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table,<n id="3" /> a woman came with an alabaster jar<n id="4" /> of costly aromatic oil<n id="5" /> from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

&#8220;I am,&#8221; said Jesus, &#8220;and you will see <i>the Son of Man sitting at the right handi><n id="1" /> of the Power<n id="2" /> and <i>coming with the clouds of heaveni>.&#8221;<n id="3" />

They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]]p>