LO - Luke - 21

21:1  As Jesus was observing the rich casting their gifts into the treasury,

21:2  he saw an indigent widow throw in two mites.

21:3  And he said, I tell you, truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than any of them;

21:4  for all of these, out of their superfluous store, have thrown into the sacred chest, she has thrown in all the little that she had.

21:5  Some having remarked, that the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and presents, he said,

21:6  The time will come, when these things which you behold, shall be razed that one stone will not be left upon another.

21:7  Then they asked him, saying, Rabbi, when will these things be: and what will be the sign, when they are about to be accomplished?

21:8  He answered, Take care that you be not seduced: for many will assume my character, saying, I am the person, and the time approaches; therefore, do not follow them.

21:9  But when you shall hear of wars and insurrections, be not terrified: for these things must first happen; but the end will not immediately follow.

21:10  He added, Then will nation rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

21:11  And there shall be great earthquakes in sundry places, and famines, and pestilences; there shall be also frightful appearances, and great prodigies in the sky.

21:12  But, before all this, you shall be apprehended and prosecuted, and delivered to synagogues, and imprisoned, and dragged before kings and governors, because of my name:

21:13  and this afford scope for your testimony.

21:14  Be, therefore, resolved not to premeditate what defense you shall make;

21:15  for I will give you an utterance, and wisdom, which none of your adversaries shall be able to refute or resist.

21:16  And you shall be given up even by parents, and brothers, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

21:17  And, on my account, you shall be universally hated.

21:18  Yet not a hair of your head shall be lost.

21:19  Save your souls by your perseverance.

21:20  Now, when you shall see Jerusalem invested with armies, know that its desolation is nigh.

21:21  Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; let those in the city make their escape, and let not those in the country enter the city:

21:22  for these will be days of vengeance, in which all the denunciations of the scriptures shall be accomplished.

21:23  But, alas, for the women with child, and for them who give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

21:24  They shall fall by the sword; they shall be carried captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be over.

21:25  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth, the anguish of desponding nations; and roarings in the seas, and floods;

21:26  men expiring with the fear and apprehension of those things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

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

21:28  Now when these things begin to be fulfilled, look up, and lift up your heads; because your deliverance approaches.

21:29  He proposed to them, also, this comparison: Consider the fig tree, and the other trees.

21:30  When you observe them shooting forth, you know, of yourselves, that the summer is nigh.

21:31  Know, in like manner, when you shall see these events, that the Reign of God is nigh.

21:32  Indeed, I say to you, that this race shall not fail until all be accomplished.

21:33  Heaven and earth shall fail; but my words shall not fail.

21:34  Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares: for, as a net,

21:35  it shall inclose all the inhabitants of the earth.

21:36  Be vigilant, therefore, praying on every occasion, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these approaching evils, and to stand before the Son of Man.

21:37  Thus Jesus taught in the temple by day, but retired at night to the mountain, called the Mount of Olives.

21:38  And every morning the people resorted early to the temple to hear him.