Luke 21:8–27

⁸And He said, “See to it that you are not deceived; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘^aI am He,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ ^bDo not go after them.

⁹“And when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

Signs of Christ’s Return

¹⁰Then He continued saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,

¹¹and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be terrors and great ¹signs from heaven.

¹²“But before all these things, ^athey will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, ¹bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

¹³“^aIt will result in ¹an opportunity for your testimony.

¹⁴“^aSo set in your hearts not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves;

¹⁵for ^aI will give you a mouth and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

¹⁶“But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death,

¹⁷and you will be hated by all because of My name.

¹⁸“Yet ^anot a hair of your head will perish.

¹⁹“^aBy your perseverance you will gain your ¹lives.

²⁰“But when you see Jerusalem ^asurrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

²¹“Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of ¹the city must leave, and ^athose who are in the countryside must not enter ²the city;

²²because these are ^adays of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

²³“Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for ^athere will be great distress upon the ¹land and wrath against this people,

²⁴and they will fall by ^athe edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations, and ^bJerusalem will be ^ctrampled under foot by the Gentiles until ^dthe times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

When Christ Returns

²⁵“And there will be ¹signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,

²⁶men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the ¹world; for the powers of ²the heavens will be shaken.

²⁷“^aAnd then they will see ^bthe Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.