21:10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms 11 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines 12 and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights 13 and great signs 14 from heaven. 21:12 But before all this, 15 they will seize 16 you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues 17 and prisons. You 18 will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. 21:13 This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses. 19 21:14 Therefore be resolved 20 not to rehearse 21 ahead of time how to make your defense. 21:15 For I will give you the words 22 along with the wisdom 23 that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. 21:16 You will be betrayed even by parents, 24 brothers, relatives, 25 and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. 21:17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. 26 21:18 Yet 27 not a hair of your head will perish. 28 21:19 By your endurance 29 you will gain 30 your lives. 31
21:20 “But when you see Jerusalem 32 surrounded 33 by armies, then know that its 34 desolation 35 has come near. 21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee 36 to the mountains. Those 37 who are inside the city must depart. Those 38 who are out in the country must not enter it, 21:22 because these are days of vengeance, 39 to fulfill 40 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 41 on the earth and wrath against this people. 21:24 They 42 will fall by the edge 43 of the sword and be led away as captives 44 among all nations. Jerusalem 45 will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 46
21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, 47 and on the earth nations will be in distress, 48 anxious 49 over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 21:26 People will be fainting from fear 50 and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 51 21:27 Then 52 they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud 53 with power and great glory. 21:28 But when these things 54 begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption 55 is drawing near.”
21:29 Then 56 he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. 57 21:30 When they sprout leaves, you see 58 for yourselves and know that summer is now near. 21:31 So also you, when you see these things happening, know 59 that the kingdom of God 60 is near. 21:32 I tell you the truth, 61 this generation 62 will not pass away until all these things take place. 21:33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 63
21:34 “But be on your guard 64 so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. 65 21:35 For 66 it will overtake 67 all who live on the face of the whole earth. 68 21:36 But stay alert at all times, 69 praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must 70 happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
21:37 So 71 every day Jesus 72 was teaching in the temple courts, 73 but at night he went and stayed 74 on the Mount of Olives. 75