Luke 21:11-35

¹¹There will be big earthquakes, and in various places there will be famines and plagues. People will see things that will terrify them. There will also be unusual things happening in the sky.

¹²But before all these things happen, some of you will be persecuted and arrested {people will persecute some of you and arrest you} MTY. Some of you will be put {They will put some of you} on trial in the places where you gather to worship, and you will be thrown into prison. You will be put on trial { They will put you on trial} in front of high government authorities because you are my MTY disciples.

¹³That will be a time for you to tell them about me.

¹⁴So determine within yourselves not to be worrying before that happens what you will say to defend yourselves,

¹⁵because I will make you wise HEN so that you will know what to say. As a result, none of your enemies will be able to oppose what you say or ◄refute you/show that you are wrong►.

¹⁶And there will also be other evil things that will happen: Even your parents and brothers and other relatives and friends who do not believe in me will ◄betray you/help your enemies to seize you►. They will kill some of you.

¹⁷In general, most people will HYP hate you because you believe in me MTY.

¹⁸But your souls will be absolutely safe IDM.

¹⁹By enduring all these things people will do to you, you will preserve your eternal life SYN.”

²⁰“But when you see that Jerusalem has been surrounded by the armies of your enemies, you will know that it is time for this city to be completely destroyed { them to completely destroy this city}.

²¹At that time those of you who are in Judea district must flee to the higher hills. Those who are in this city must leave quickly. Those who are in the nearby countryside must not go back into the city to get any of their possessions before they flee.

²²You must obey what I tell you because, in order that all the things that are written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled, God will very severely punish the people who stay in this city.

²³I feel very sorry for women in this city who will be pregnant, and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, because it will be very difficult for them to run away! I feel sorry because the people in this land will suffer greatly MTY when God punishes them.

²⁴Many of them will be killed {Their enemies will kill many of them} with swords. Others will be captured and taken {They will capture others and take them} to HYP other countries. Non-Jewish people will trample over Jerusalem until the time that God has determined for them to rule the city is ended.”

²⁵“There will also be strange things that will happen to the sun, the moon, and the stars. In many nations, people will be very frightened, and they will be anxious when they hear the ocean roaring and see huge waves.

²⁶People will faint because they will be afraid as they wait for what will happen. They will be afraid because the powerful objects in the sky will be shaken {shake}.

²⁷Then they will see me, the one who came from heaven, coming in a cloud powerfully and very gloriously.

²⁸So when these things that I have just now described begin to happen, stand up straight and be brave, because it will be close to the time when God will free you from all suffering.”

²⁹Then Jesus told his disciples this parable: “Think about the fig tree, and all the other trees.

³⁰As soon as you see their leaves beginning to sprout, you know that summer is near.

³¹Similarly, when you see these things that I have just described happening, you will know that it is almost time for God to truly rule as king.

³²Keep this in mind: All the things that I have just now described will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died.

³³You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. That they will happen is more certain than that the earth and sky will continue to exist.”

³⁴“But be on guard. Do not be getting drunk with carousing or let yourselves be distracted by worries concerning your lives SYN {or let worries concerning your lives SYN distract you}. If you do wrong things like those, you may be suddenly surprised by my return MTY, like a trap suddenly catches an animal in it.

³⁵You need to know that my return will surprise everyone all over the earth.