The Good News According to Luke, Chapter 21
{21:1} He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their
gifts into the treasury. {21:2} He saw a certain poor widow casting in
[1>]two small brass coins.[<1] {21:3} He said, "Truly I tell you, this
poor widow put in more than all of them, {21:4} 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."
{21:5} As some were talking about the temple and how it was
decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said, {21:6} "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."
{21:7} They asked him, "Rabbi, so when will these things be? What is
the sign that these things are about to happen?"
{21:8} He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many
will come in my name, saying, '[2>]I am he[<2],' and, 'The time is at
hand.' Therefore don't follow them. {21:9} When you hear of wars and
disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first,
but the end won't come immediately."
{21:10} Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. {21:11} There will be great earthquakes,
famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and
great signs from heaven. {21:12} 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. {21:13} It will turn out as a testimony for you.
{21:14} Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand
how to answer, {21:15} for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which
all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
{21:16} You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives,
and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. {21:17}
You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. {21:18} And not a
hair of your head will perish.
{21:19} "By your endurance you will win your lives.
{21:20} "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know
that its desolation is at hand. {21:21} Then 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. {21:22}
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may
be fulfilled. {21:23} 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. {21:24} 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. {21:25} 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; {21:26} 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. {21:27} Then they will see the
Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. {21:28} But
when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads,
because your redemption is near."
{21:29} He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the
trees. {21:30} When they are already budding, you see it and know by
your own selves that the summer is already near. {21:31} Even so you
also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of
God is near. {21:32} Most certainly I tell you, this generation will
not pass away until all things are accomplished. {21:33} Heaven and
earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
{21:34} "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. {21:35} For it will come like a snare on all those
who dwell on the surface of all the earth. {21:36} 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."
{21:37} Every day Yeshua was teaching in the temple, and every night
he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called
Olivet. {21:38} All the people came early in the morning to him in the
temple to hear him.
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Footnotes:
[1] {21:2} literally, "two lepta." 2 lepta was about 1% of a day's
wages for an agricultural laborer.
[2] {21:8} or, I AM
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