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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Luke 21 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/luke/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/luke/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Luke 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../luke/20.htm" title="Luke 20">◄</a> Luke 21 <a href="../luke/22.htm" title="Luke 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/luke/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The Widow’s Offering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="red">“Truly I tell you,”</span> he said, <span class="red">“this poor widow has put in more than all the others.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="red">All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”</span></p> <p class="sectionhead">The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He replied: <span class="red">“Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then he said to them: <span class="red">“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">And so you will bear testimony to me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">Everyone will hate you because of me.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">But not a hair of your head will perish.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">Stand firm, and you will win life.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">“When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="red">For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="red">They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="red">“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="red">People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="red">At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He told them this parable: <span class="red">“Look at the fig tree and all the trees.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="red">Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">“Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="red">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span><span class="red">For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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