The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Luke 21
1 He looked up and saw the rich people
who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
2 He saw a certain poor widow casting in
two small brass coins.†
3 He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor
widow put in more than all of them,
4 for 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.”
5 As some were talking about the temple
and how it was decorated with beautiful
stones and gifts, he said,
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.”
7 They asked him, “Teacher, so when will
these things be? What is the sign that these
things are about to happen?”
8 He 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.
9 When you hear of wars and disturbances,
don’t be terrified, for these things
must happen first, but the end won’t come
immediately.”
10 Then he said to them, “Nation will
rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom.
11 There will be great earthquakes,
famines, and plagues in various places.
There will be terrors and great signs from
heaven.
12 But 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.
13 It will turn out as a testimony for you.
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts not to
meditate beforehand how to answer,
15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom
which all your adversaries will not be able
to withstand or to contradict.
16 You will be handed over even by parents,
brothers, relatives, and friends. They
will cause some of you to be put to death.
17 You will be hated by all men for my
name’s sake.
18 And not ahair of yourhead willperish.
19 “By your endurance you will win your
lives.
20 “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded
by armies, then know that its desolation
is at hand.
21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to
the mountains. Let those who are in the
middle of her depart. Let those who are in
the country not enter therein.
22 For these are days of vengeance, that
all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 Woe 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.
24 They 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.
25 “There 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;
26 men fainting for fear and for expectation
of the things which are coming on the
world, for the powers of the heavens will
be shaken.
27 Then they will see the Son of Man
coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 But when these things begin to happen,
look up and lift up your heads, because
your redemption is near.”
29 He told them a parable. “See the fig
tree and all the trees.
30 When they are already budding, you
see it and know by your ownselves thatthe
summer is already near.
31 Even so you also, when you see these
things happening, know that God’s Kingdom
is near.
32 Most certainly I tell you, this
generation will not pass away until all things are
accomplished.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but
my words will by no means pass away.
34 “So be careful, or your hearts will
be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness,
and cares ofthis life, and that day will
come on you suddenly.
35 For it will come like a snare onallthose
who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
36 Therefore 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.”
37 Every 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.
38 All the people came early in the morning
to him in the temple to hear him.