Luke 21:5-30

⁵And as some were saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones, and sacred gifts, he said,

⁶As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be throw down.

⁷And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when then will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?

⁸And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, I am He, and the time is at hand. Go not after them.

⁹And when ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but not immediately is the end.

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

¹¹and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

¹²But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name.

¹³It will turn out to you an opportunity for bearing testimony.

¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate l beforehand what ye shall answer.

¹⁵For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or gainsay.

¹⁶And ye will be delivered up both by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends; and some of you will they put to death.

¹⁷And ye will be hated by all on account of my name.

¹⁸But not a hair of your head will be lost.

¹⁹By your constancy secure your lives.

²⁰But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

²¹Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let those who are within the city go out of it, and let not those in the open country enter it.

²²For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

²³But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people;

²⁴and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the gentiles, until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.

²⁵And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and waves;

²⁶men's hearts failing them from fear, and from looking for those things which are coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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

²⁸And when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

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

³⁰when they have already shot forth, ye see it, and know of yourselves that summer is now nigh at hand.