Luke 21:1 |
And He looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury. |
Luke 21:2 |
And He saw a certain impoverished widow casting there two lepta. |
Luke 21:3 |
And He said, Truly I tell you that this poor widow has cast in more than all [of them,] |
Luke 21:4 |
For all these out of their surplus have cast in [something] into the gifts, but she out of her lack has cast in all the living that she had. |
Luke 21:5 |
And as some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated offerings, He said, |
Luke 21:6 |
As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left a stone upon a stone which will not be thrown down. |
Luke 21:7 |
And they questioned Him, saying, Teacher, when therefore will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place? |
Luke 21:8 |
And He said, See that you are not led astray, for many will come in My name, saying, I am [the Christ!] and, The time has drawn near! Do not go after them. |
Luke 21:9 |
And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for these things must take place first; but the end [does] not [come] immediately. |
Luke 21:10 |
Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; |
Luke 21:11 |
And there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. |
Luke 21:12 |
But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute [you,] delivering [you] up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing [you] before kings and governors for the sake of My name. |
Luke 21:13 |
It will turn out to you for a testimony. |
Luke 21:14 |
Settle [it] therefore in your hearts not to take thought beforehand how to reply in defense, |
Luke 21:15 |
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all those opposing you will not be able to resist or refute. |
Luke 21:16 |
And you will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. |
Luke 21:17 |
And you will be hated by all because of My name, |
Luke 21:18 |
Yet a hair of your head shall by no means perish. |
Luke 21:19 |
In your endurance you will possess your souls. |
Luke 21:20 |
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation has drawn near. |
Luke 21:21 |
Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those in her midst get out, and let not those in the country enter into her, |
Luke 21:22 |
Because these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be fulfilled. |
Luke 21:23 |
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing babies in those days, for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people. |
Luke 21:24 |
And they will fall by the edge of the sword and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. |
Luke 21:25 |
And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth anguish of nations in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the billows, |
Luke 21:26 |
Men fainting from fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
Luke 21:27 |
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. |
Luke 21:28 |
And when these things begin to happen, stand erect and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near. |
Luke 21:29 |
And He told them a parable: Look at the fig tree and all the trees. |
Luke 21:30 |
As soon as they sprout [leaves,] you see [it] and know of yourselves that the summer is already near. |
Luke 21:31 |
So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. |
Luke 21:32 |
Truly I tell you that this generation shall by no means pass away until all things happen. |
Luke 21:33 |
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away. |
Luke 21:34 |
But take heed to yourselves lest perhaps your hearts be weighed down with debauchery and drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare. |
Luke 21:35 |
For it will come in upon all those dwelling on the face of all the earth. |
Luke 21:36 |
But be watchful at every time, beseeching that you would prevail to escape all these things which are about to happen and stand before the Son of Man. |
Luke 21:37 |
Now during the day He was in the temple teaching, but during the night He went out and stayed on the mountain called Olivet. |
Luke 21:38 |
And all the people would come early in the morning to Him in the temple to hear Him. |