Mark 13
(Mk 13, 1-4) No one stone will be left upon another[1] As he was making his way out of the temple area one of his disciples said to him, "Look, teacher, what stones and what buildings!" [2] Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be one stone left upon another that will not be thrown down." [3] As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple area, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, [4] "Tell us, when will this happen, and what sign will there be when all these things are about to come to an end?"
(CCC 586) Far from having been hostile to the Temple, where he gave the essential part of his teaching, Jesus was willing to pay the Temple-tax, associating with him Peter, whom he had just made the foundation of his future Church (Cf. Mt 8:4; 16:18; 17:24-27; Lk 17:14; Jn 4:22; 18:20). He even identified himself with the Temple by presenting himself as God's definitive dwelling-place among men (Cf. Jn 2:21; Mt 12:6). Therefore his being put to bodily death (Cf. Jn 2:18-22) presaged the destruction of the Temple, which would manifest the dawning of a new age in the history of salvation: "The hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father" (Jn 4:21; cf. 4:23-24; Mt 27:5; Heb 9:11; Rev 21:22).
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