Luke 21:5-30

⁵And as some spoke of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and consecrated offerings, he said,

⁶As 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.

⁷And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be; and what is the sign when these things are going to take place?

⁸And 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.

⁹And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end is not immediately.

¹⁰Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

¹¹there shall be both great earthquakes in different places, and famines and pestilences; and there shall be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

¹²But 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;

¹³but it shall turn out to you for a testimony.

¹⁴Settle therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand your defence,

¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your opposers shall not be able to reply to or resist.

¹⁶But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death some from among you,

¹⁷and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake.

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

¹⁹By your patient endurance gain your souls.

²⁰But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.

²¹Then 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;

²²for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.

²³But 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.

²⁴And 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.

²⁵And 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,

²⁶men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁷And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁸But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.

²⁹And he spoke a parable to them: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;

³⁰when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, on looking at them, that already the summer is near.