Luke 21:12-38 ▼

12 And, before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for My name's sake.

13 It shall result to you for a testimony.

14 Settle it , therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense;

15 for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or gainsay.

16 But ye will be delivered up even by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends; and they will put some of you to death.

17 And ye will be hated by all for My name's sake.

18 And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

20 "But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation has drawn near.

21 Then let those in Judaea flee into the mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart; and let not those in the country enter therein;

22 because these are days of vengeance, that all the things written may be fulfilled.

23 Woe to the women with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath to this people.

24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by gentiles, until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.

25 And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity for the roaring of the sea and billows;

26 men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27 And then will they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

28 And, when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption is drawing near."

29 And He spake a parable to them: "Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

30 when they now shoot forth, beholding it, ye know of yourselves that already the summer is near.

31 So also ye, when ye see these things coming to pass, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

32 Verily I say to you, this generation will in no wise pass away, till all come to pass.

33 The heaven and the earth will pass away; but My words shall in no wise pass away.

34 "But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;

35 for so it will come upon all those dwelling upon the face of all the earth.

36 But watch ye at every season, praying that ye may have full strength to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."

37 And He was, during the days, in the temple, teaching; and, during the nights, going forth, He was wont to lodge in the mount which is called Olives.

38 And all the people were coming to Him early in the morning, in the temple, to hear Him.