Luke 21

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Looking up, he saw rich people putting their offerings into the treasury;	1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting 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 thither two mites.
3 and he said, 'I tell you truly, this poor widow has put in more than any of them;	3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto 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 in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury 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 as some spake of the temple, how 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 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, 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, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall 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 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: 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 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then he said to them, 'Nation wil fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.	10 Then said he unto 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 great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
13 -and that wil be your opportunity to bear witness.	13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
14 Make up your minds not to prepare your defence,	14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye 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 gainsay nor resist.
16 You wil be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you wil be putto death.	16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
17 You wil be hated universal y on account of my name,	17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
18 but not a hair of your head wil be lost.	18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
19 Your perseverance wil win you your lives.	19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
20 'When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you must realise that it wil soon be laiddesolate.	20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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 them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For this is the time of retribution when al that scripture says must be fulfil ed.	22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!	23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that 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 captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles 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, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven wil beshaken.	26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then they wil see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.	27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation isnear at hand.'	28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
29 And he told them a parable, 'Look at the fig tree and indeed every tree.	29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold 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, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near.	31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away al wil have taken place.	32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all 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 at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
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 on all them that dwell on 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, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, 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 day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
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, for to hear him.