<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;With this kind of sudden violent force<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Babylon the great city will be thrown down<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and it will never be found again!p>

<p class="poetry">And the sound of the harpists, musicians,p> <p class="poetry">flute players, and trumpetersp> <p class="poetry">will never be heard in you<n id="1" /> again.p> <p class="poetry">No<n id="2" /> craftsman<n id="3" /> who practices any tradep> <p class="poetry">will ever be found in you again;p> <p class="poetry">the noise of a mill<n id="4" /> will never be heard in you again.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> I saw a large<n id="2" /> white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven<n id="3" /> fled<n id="4" /> from his presence, and no place was found for them.

But so that we don&#8217;t offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin.<n id="1" /> Take that and give it to them for me and you.&#8221;p>

After noticing a fig tree<n id="1" /> by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, &#8220;Never again will there be fruit from you!&#8221; And the fig tree withered at once.

Now the day began to draw to a close,<n id="1" /> so<n id="2" /> the twelve came and said to Jesus,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging<n id="4" /> and food, because we are in an isolated place.&#8221;<n id="5" />