Luke 21

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Looking up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury;	1 And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury.
2 and he noticed a poverty-stricken widow putting in two smal coins,	2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
3 and he said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them;	3 And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
4 for these have al put in money they could spare, but she in her poverty has put in al she had to liveon.'	4 For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want, hath cast in all the living that she had.
5 When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework andvotive offerings, he said,	5 And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:
6 'Al these things you are staring at now -- the time will come when not a single stone will be left onanother; everything will be destroyed.'	6 These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they put to him this question, 'Master,' they said, 'when wil this happen, then, and what sign wilthere be that it is about to take place?'	7 And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?
8 But he said, 'Take care not to be deceived, because many wil come using my name and saying, "I amthe one" and "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them.	8 Who said: Take heed you be not seduced; for many will come in my name, saying, I am he; and the time is at hand: go ye not therefore after them.
9 And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for this is something that must happenfirst, but the end wil not come at once.'	9 And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified: these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet presently.
10 Then he said to them, 'Nation wil fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.	10 Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11 There wil be great earthquakes and plagues and famines in various places; there wil be terrifyingevents and great signs from heaven.	11 And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places, and pestilences, and famines, and terrors from heaven; and there shall be great signs.
12 'But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to thesynagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name	12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake.
13 -and that wil be your opportunity to bear witness.	13 And it shall happen unto you for a testimony.
14 Make up your minds not to prepare your defence,	14 Lay it up therefore into your hearts, not to meditate before how you shall answer:
15 because I myself shal give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents wil be ableto resist or contradict.	15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay.
16 You wil be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you wil be putto death.	16 And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.
17 You wil be hated universal y on account of my name,	17 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.
18 but not a hair of your head wil be lost.	18 But a hair of your head shall not perish.
19 Your perseverance wil win you your lives.	19 In your patience you shall possess your souls.
20 'When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you must realise that it wil soon be laiddesolate.	20 And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army; then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.
21 Then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those incountry districts must not take refuge in it.	21 Then let those who are in Judea, flee to the mountains; and those who are in the midst thereof, depart out: and those who are in the countries, not enter into it.
22 For this is the time of retribution when al that scripture says must be fulfil ed.	22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.
23 Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!	23 But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
24 'For great misery wil descend on the land and retribution on this people. They will fal by the edge ofthe sword and be led captive to every gentile country; and Jerusalem wil be trampled down by the gentiles untiltheir time is complete.	24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword; and shall be led away captives into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles; till the times of the nations be fulfilled.
25 'There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by theturmoil of the ocean and its waves;	25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves;
26 men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven wil beshaken.	26 Men withering away for fear, and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved;
27 And then they wil see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.	27 And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty.
28 When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation isnear at hand.'	28 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.
29 And he told them a parable, 'Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree.	29 And he spoke to them in a similitude. See the fig tree, and all the trees:
30 As soon as you see them bud, you can see for yourselves that summer is now near.	30 When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh;
31 So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near.	31 So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.
32 In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away al wil have taken place.	32 Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled.
33 Sky and earth wil pass away, but my words wil never pass away.	33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
34 'Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the caresof life, and that day wil come upon you unexpectedly,	34 And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.
35 like a trap. For it wil come down on all those living on the face of the earth.	35 For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of the whole earth.
36 Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to holdyour ground before the Son of man.'	36 Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man.
37 All day long he would be in the Temple teaching, but would spend the night in the open on the hilcal ed the Mount of Olives.	37 And in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple; but at night, going out, he abode in the mount that is called Olivet.
38 And from early morning the people thronged to him in the Temple to listen to him.	38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.