21Luke 21

1He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.Select Luke 21:1

2He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins.Select Luke 21:2

3He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,Select Luke 21:3

4for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”Select Luke 21:4

5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,Select Luke 21:5

6“As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”Select Luke 21:6

7They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”Select Luke 21:7

8He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.Select Luke 21:8

9When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”Select Luke 21:9

10Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.Select Luke 21:10

11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.Select Luke 21:11

12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.Select Luke 21:12

13It will turn out as a testimony for you.Select Luke 21:13

14Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,Select Luke 21:14

15for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.Select Luke 21:15

16You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.Select Luke 21:16

17You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.Select Luke 21:17

18And not a hair of your head will perish.Select Luke 21:18

19“By your endurance you will win your lives.Select Luke 21:19

20“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.Select Luke 21:20

21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.Select Luke 21:21

22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.Select Luke 21:22

23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.Select Luke 21:23

24They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Select Luke 21:24

25There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;Select Luke 21:25

26men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.Select Luke 21:26

27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.Select Luke 21:27

28But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”Select Luke 21:28

29He told them a parable. “See the fig tree, and all the trees.Select Luke 21:29

30When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.Select Luke 21:30

31Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.Select Luke 21:31

32Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.Select Luke 21:32

33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.Select Luke 21:33

34“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.Select Luke 21:34

35For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.Select Luke 21:35

36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”Select Luke 21:36

37Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.Select Luke 21:37

38All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.Select Luke 21:38