Luke 21:1-17 ▼

1 And having looked up, He saw those who cast their gifts into the treasury—rich men,

2 and He also saw a certain poor widow casting two mites there,

3 and He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow cast in more than all;

4 for all these out of their superabundance cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, cast in.”

5 And [as] some were speaking about the temple, that it has been adorned with good stones and devoted things, He said,

6 “These things that you behold—days will come in which there will not be left a stone on a stone that will not be thrown down.”

7 And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when, then, will these things be? And what [is] the sign when these things may be about to happen?”

8 And He said, “See—you may not be led astray, for many will come in My Name, saying, I am [He], and the time has come near; do not then go on after them;

9 and when you may hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified, for it is necessary for these things to happen first, but the end [is] not immediately.”

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

11 also great shakings, and there will be famines and pestilences in every place; also there will be fearful things and great signs from the sky;

12 and before all these, they will lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for My Name’s sake;

13 and it will become to you for a testimony.

14 Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,

15 for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers will not be able to refute or resist.

16 And you will be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends, and they will put [some] of you to death;

17 and you will be hated by all because of My Name—