Luke 21
1 Looking around, Jesus watched rich people putting their gifts into the collection box.
And having looked up, He saw those who cast their gifts into the treasury—rich men,
2 He also saw a very poor widow put in two small coins.
and He also saw a certain poor widow casting two mites there,
3 “I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the rest together.
and He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow cast in more than all;
4 All of them gave from their wealth what they had, but she gave from her poverty all she had to live on.”
for all these out of their superabundance cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, cast in.”
5 Some of those there were talking about the Temple, its fine stonework and the beautiful gifts that had been donated. But Jesus said,
And [as] some were speaking about the temple, that it has been adorned with good stones and devoted things, He said,
6 “Regarding these things you're looking at… The time is coming when not one stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed!”
“These things that you behold—days will come in which there will not be left a stone on a stone that will not be thrown down.”
7 “Teacher, when will this happen?” they asked him. “What will be the sign that these things are about to happen?”
And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when, then, will these things be? And what [is] the sign when these things may be about to happen?”
8 “Make sure you're not deceived,” Jesus warned them. “Many people will come claiming to be me, saying, ‘Here I am!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ but don't follow them.
And He said, “See—you may not be led astray, for many will come in My Name, saying, I am [He], and the time has come near; do not then go on after them;
9 When you hear of wars and revolutions, don't be frightened, because these things have to happen first, but the end won't come immediately.
and when you may hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified, for it is necessary for these things to happen first, but the end [is] not immediately.”
10 Nation will fight nation, and kingdom will fight kingdom,” he told them.
Then He said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
11 “There will be severe earthquakes, famines, and epidemic diseases in many lands, and extraordinary signs in the sky that are terrifying.
also great shakings, and there will be famines and pestilences in every place; also there will be fearful things and great signs from the sky;
12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.
and before all these, they will lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for My Name’s sake;
13 But this will provide you an opportunity to speak on my behalf before them.
and it will become to you for a testimony.
14 So make up your mind beforehand not to worry about how to defend yourselves,
Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
15 for I will give you words of wisdom that your enemies won't be able to dispute or contradict.
for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers will not be able to refute or resist.
16 You will be betrayed even by your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will kill some of you.
And you will be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends, and they will put [some] of you to death;
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.
and you will be hated by all because of My Name—
18 But not a single hair of your head will be lost.
and a hair out of your head will not perish;
19 By standing firm you will gain your lives.
in your patience possess your souls.
20 However, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its destruction is near.
And when you may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that her desolation has come near;
21 Those who are in Judea should run away to the mountains, and those who are in Jerusalem should leave, and those who are the countryside shouldn't enter the city.
then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, do not let them come in to her;
22 For these are days of punishment, fulfilling all that's written.
because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all things that have been written.
23 How hard it will be for those who are pregnant or nursing babies at that time! For terrible trouble is coming on the land and punishment against this people.
And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;
24 They will be killed by the sword and taken away as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trodden down by the foreign nations until their time is fulfilled.
and they will fall by the mouth of the sword, and will be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trodden down by nations, until the times of nations be fulfilled.
25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, and on the earth the nations will be in distress, confused by the sea's rolling and crashing.
And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth distress of nations with perplexity, sea and wave roaring;
26 People will be faint from fear, terrified about what is happening to the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.
men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
27 Then they'll see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;
28 But when these things happen, stand up and look up, because you will soon be saved.”
and these things beginning to happen, bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”
29 Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Look at the fig tree, or any other kind of tree.
And He spoke an allegory to them: “See the fig tree, and all the trees,
30 When you see new leaves appear, you don't need to be told that summer is near.
when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves you know that now the summer is near;
31 In the same way, when you see these things happening, you don't need to be told that God's kingdom is near.
so also you, when you may see these things happening, you know that the Kingdom of God is near;
32 I tell you the truth, this generation won't come to an end before all this happens.
truly I say to you, this generation may not pass away until all may have come to pass;
33 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my word will not.
the sky and the earth will pass away, but My words may not pass away.
34 Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.
And take heed to yourselves lest your hearts may be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
35 For this day will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the earth.
for it will come as a snare on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth,
36 Always keep watch and pray, so that you may be able to escape all that will happen and stand before the Son of man.”
watch, then, in every season, praying that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
37 Every day Jesus taught in the Temple, and every evening he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
And He was teaching in the temple during the days, and during the nights, going forth, He was lodging at [that] called the Mount of Olives;
38 All the people came early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.
and all the people were coming early to Him in the temple to hear Him.
