Luke 21:5–36

^5cAnd as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and ^dgifts, he said, ⁶As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which ^ethere shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. ⁷And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

⁸And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: ^ffor many shall come in my name, saying, I am ^gChrist; and the time draweth near: ^fgo ye not therefore after them. ⁹But when ye shall hear of wars and ^hcommotions, be not ⁱterrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not ^kby and by.

¹⁰Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: ¹¹and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. ¹²But before all these, ^lthey shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and ^minto prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake. ¹³And ⁿit shall turn to you for a testimony. ^14oSettle it therefore in your hearts, not to ^pmeditate before what ye shall answer: ¹⁵for I will give you ^qa mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. ¹⁶And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. ¹⁷And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. ¹⁸But ^rthere shall not a hair of your head perish. ¹⁹In your ^spatience ^tpossess ye your souls.

²⁰And when ye shall see Jerusalem ^ucompassed with armies, then know that ^wthe desolation thereof is nigh. ²¹Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; ^xand let not them that are in the ^ycountries enter thereinto. ²²For these be the days of ^zvengeance, that all things ^awhich are written may be fulfilled. ²³But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days, for there shall be great ^bdistress in the land, and wrath upon this people. ²⁴And they shall fall by ^cthe edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be ^dtrodden down of the Gentiles, ^euntil the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. ²⁵And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth ^fdistress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; ²⁶men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on ^gthe earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. ²⁷And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸And when these things begin to come to pass, then ^hlook up, and lift up your heads; for your ⁱredemption draweth nigh.

²⁹And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; ³⁰when they now shoot forth, ye see and know ^kof your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. ³¹So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. ³²Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. ³³Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

³⁴And ^ltake heed to yourselves, ^mlest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares ⁿof this life, and so that day ^ocome upon you unawares. ³⁵For ^pas a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. ^36qWatch ye therefore, and ^rpray always, that ye may be ^saccounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and ^tto stand before the Son of man.