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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 ESV</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="../">ESV</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/luke/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Widow’s Offering</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Jesus<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek He">a</a></sup></span> looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Greek two lepta; a lepton was a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a denarius (which was a day's wage for a laborer)">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he said, <span class="woc">“Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="woc">For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="woc">“As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he said, <span class="woc">“See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="woc">And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then he said to them, <span class="woc">“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="woc">There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="woc">But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="woc">This will be your opportunity to bear witness.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="woc">Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="woc">for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="woc">You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or parents and brothers and sisters">c</a></sup></span> and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="woc">You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="woc">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="woc">By your endurance you will gain your lives.</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="woc">“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="woc">Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="woc">for these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="woc">Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth 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="woc">They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.</span></p> <p class="heading">The Coming of the Son of Man</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="woc">“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="woc">people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="woc">And then 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="woc">Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lesson of the Fig Tree</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And he told them a parable: <span class="woc">“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="woc">As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="woc">So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="woc">Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="woc">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.</span></p> <p class="heading">Watch Yourselves</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="woc">“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon 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="woc">For it will come upon all who dwell 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="woc">But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”</span></p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And early in the morning all the people came to him in the temple to hear him.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Greek <i>He</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Greek <i><span class="catch-word">two</span> lepta</i>; a <i language="Greek">lepton</i> was a Jewish bronze or copper coin worth about 1/128 of a <i>denarius</i> (which was a day's wage for a laborer)<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">parents and</span> brothers and sisters</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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