Luke 21:8–27

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 an 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 Judaea 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.