Luke 21
1 Looking around, Jesus watched rich people putting their gifts into the collection box.
And he looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
2 He also saw a very poor widow put in two small coins.
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
3 “I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the rest together.
And he said, In truth I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they 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 abundance cast in to the offerings; but she out of her penury cast in all the living that she had.
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 saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones, and sacred gifts, 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!”
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be throw down.
7 “Teacher, when will this happen?” they asked him. “What will be the sign that these things are about to happen?”
And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when then will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?
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, Take heed that ye be not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, I am He, and the time is at hand. Go not 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 ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but not immediately is the end.
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.
and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
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.
But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name.
13 But this will provide you an opportunity to speak on my behalf before them.
It will turn out to you an opportunity for bearing testimony.
14 So make up your mind beforehand not to worry about how to defend yourselves,
Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate l beforehand what ye shall answer.
15 for I will give you words of wisdom that your enemies won't be able to dispute or contradict.
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.
16 You will be betrayed even by your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will kill some of you.
And ye will be delivered up both by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends; and some of you will they put to death.
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.
And ye will be hated by all on account of my name.
18 But not a single hair of your head will be lost.
But not a hair of your head will be lost.
19 By standing firm you will gain your lives.
By your constancy secure your lives.
20 However, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its destruction is near.
But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
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 let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let those who are within the city go out of it, and let not those in the open country enter it.
22 For these are days of punishment, fulfilling all that's written.
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
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.
But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon 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 edge of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the gentiles, until the times of the gentiles are 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 the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and waves;
26 People will be faint from fear, terrified about what is happening to the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.
men's hearts failing them from fear, and from looking for those things which are 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 will they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 But when these things happen, stand up and look up, because you will soon be saved.”
And when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Look at the fig tree, or any other kind of tree.
And he spoke to them a parable: Behold 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 have already shot forth, ye see it, and know of yourselves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 I tell you the truth, this generation won't come to an end before all this happens.
Truly do I say to you, that this generation will not pass away, till all shall have taken place.
33 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my word will not.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will 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.
But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.
35 For this day will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the earth.
For as a snare will it come on all that dwell on the face of the whole 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.”
But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the 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 during the daytime he was teaching in the temple; but at night he went out, and lodged in the mount 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 came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.
