Luke:21

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* And he looked up and saw the rich casting their gifts into the treasury ; * but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites . * And he said , Verily I say unto you , that this poor widow has cast in more than all ; * for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts [of God ]; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had . * And as some spoke of the temple , that it was adorned with goodly stones and consecrated offerings , he said , * [As to ] these things which ye are beholding , days are coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which shall not be thrown down . * And they asked him saying , Teacher , when then shall these things be ; and what [is ] the sign when these things are going to take place ? * And he said , See that ye be not led astray , for many shall come in my name , saying , I am [he ], and the time is drawn nigh : go ye not [therefore ] after them . * And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults , be not terrified , for these things must first take place , but the end is not immediately . * Then he said to them , Nation shall rise up against nation , and kingdom against kingdom ; * there shall be both great earthquakes in different places , and famines and pestilences ; and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven . * But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you , delivering [you ] up to synagogues and prisons , bringing [you ] before kings and governors on account of my name ; * but it shall turn out to you for a testimony . * Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand [your ] defence , * for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist . * But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends , and they shall put to death [some ] from among you , * and ye will be hated of all for my name 's sake . * And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish . * By your patient endurance gain your souls . * But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies , then know that its desolation is drawn nigh . * Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains , and those who are in the midst of it depart out , and those who are in the country not enter into it ; * for these are days of avenging , that all the things that are written may be accomplished . * But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days , for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people . * And they shall fall by the edge of the sword , and be led captive into all the nations ; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of [the ] nations until [the ] times of [the ] nations be fulfilled . * And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars , and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity [at ] the roar of the sea and rolling waves , * men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth , for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken . * And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory . * But when these things begin to come to pass , look up and lift up your heads , because your redemption draws nigh . * And he spoke a parable to them : Behold the fig-tree and all the trees ; * when they already sprout , ye know of your own selves , [on ] looking [at them ], that already the summer is near . * So also ye , when ye see these things take place , know that the kingdom of God is near . * Verily I say unto you , that this generation shall in no wise pass away until all come to pass . * The heaven and the earth shall pass away , but my words shall in no wise pass away . * But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life , and that day come upon you suddenly unawares ; * for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth . * Watch therefore , praying at every season , that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass , and to stand before the Son of man . * And by day he was teaching in the temple , and by night , going out , he remained abroad on the mountain called [the mount ] of Olives ; * and all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him .

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