21:1 Jesus 1 looked up 2 and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. 3 21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 4 21:3 He 5 said, “I tell you the truth, 6 this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 7 21:4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. 8 But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.” 9
21:5 Now 10 while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned 11 with beautiful stones and offerings, 12 Jesus 13 said, 21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. 14 All will be torn down!” 15 21:7 So 16 they asked him, 17 “Teacher, when will these things 18 happen? And what will be the sign that 19 these things are about to take place?” 21:8 He 20 said, “Watch out 21 that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ 22 and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them! 21:9 And when you hear of wars and rebellions, 23 do not be afraid. 24 For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.” 25
21:10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms 26 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines 27 and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights 28 and great signs 29 from heaven. 21:12 But before all this, 30 they will seize 31 you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues 32 and prisons. You 33 will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. 21:13 This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses. 34 21:14 Therefore be resolved 35 not to rehearse 36 ahead of time how to make your defense. 21:15 For I will give you the words 37 along with the wisdom 38 that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. 21:16 You will be betrayed even by parents, 39 brothers, relatives, 40 and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 21:17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 41 21:18 Yet 42 not a hair of your head will perish. 43 21:19 By your endurance 44 you will gain 45 your lives. 46
21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem 47 surrounded 48 by armies, then know that its 49 desolation 50 has come near. 21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee 51 to the mountains. Those 52 who are inside the city must depart. Those 53 who are out in the country must not enter it, 21:22 because these are days of vengeance, 54 to fulfill 55 all that is written. 21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress 56 on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They 57 will fall by the edge 58 of the sword and be led away as captives 59 among all nations. Jerusalem 60 will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 61
21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, 62 and on the earth nations will be in distress, 63 anxious 64 over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.