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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Luke 21 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/luke/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Widow’s Offering</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/12.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:1 Lit. he">a</a></span> looked up and saw rich people dropping their gifts into the offering box.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:1 Or treasury">b</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:2 Lit. lepta, the smallest coin denominated in the 1 century Jewish economy ">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He said, <span class="red">“I tell you with certainty, this destitute widow has dropped in more than all of them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>because all the others contributed to the offering<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:4 Other mss. read to the offering of God">d</a></span> out of their surplus, but she, in her poverty, dropped in everything she had to live on.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:1-2</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:1-2</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now while some people were talking about the Temple—how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God—he said, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">“As for these things that you see, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another that won’t be knocked down.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Coming Wars and Revolutions</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:3-8</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:3-8</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things 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 said, <span class="red">“Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, ‘I AM’ and, ‘The time has come.’ Don’t follow them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When you hear of wars and revolutions, never be alarmed, because these sort of things must take place first, but the end won’t 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 went on to say to them, <span class="red">“Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, and there will be fearful events and awful signs from heaven.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Future Persecutions</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/10.htm">Matthew 10:16-25</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:9-14</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:9-13</a>)</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 these things take place, people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:12 Lit. they">e</a></span> will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It will give you an opportunity to testify. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So purpose in your hearts not to prepare your defense ahead of time, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And yet not a hair on your head will be lost. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>By your endurance you will protect your lives.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Signs of the End</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:15-21</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:14-19</a>)</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 surrounded by armies, then understand that its devastation is approaching. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not go into it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>because these are the days of vengeance when all that is written will be fulfilled.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">“How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days!—because there will be great distress in the land<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:23 Or on earth">f</a></span> and wrath against this people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They will fall by the edge of the sword and be carried off as captives among all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:24 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">g</a></span> until the times of the unbelievers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:24 Lit. gentiles ; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews">h</a></span> are fulfilled.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Coming of the Son of Man</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:29-31</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:24-27</a>)</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, the moon, and the stars, and there will be distress on earth among the nations that are confused by the roaring of the sea and its waves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>People will faint from fear and apprehension because of the things that are to come on the inhabited world, because the powers of heaven will be shaken. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in a cloud’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:27 Cf. Dan 7:13">i</a></span> with power and great glory.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is approaching.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lesson from the Fig Tree</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/matthew/24.htm">Matthew 24:32-35</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:28-31</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then he told them a parable: <span class="red">“Look at the fig tree and all the trees. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>As soon as they produce leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>In the same way, when you see these things taking place, you will know that the kingdom of God is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:32 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">j</a></span> with certainty, this generation won’t disappear until all these things take place. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words won’t ever disappear.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Be Alert</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span><span class="red">“Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>like a trap, because it will come on everyone who lives on the face of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/luke/21-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So be alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place and to take your stand in the presence of 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>Now during the day Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="21:37 Lit. he">k</a></span> would teach in the Temple, but when evening came he would go out and spend the night on what is 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 would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 21:1 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 21:1 Or <i>treasury</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 21:2 Lit. <i>lepta</i>, the smallest coin denominated in the 1 century Jewish economy <br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 21:4 Other mss. read <i>to the offering of God</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 21:12 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 21:23 Or <i>on earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 21:24 Lit. <i>gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 21:24 Lit. <i>gentiles </i>; i.e. unbelieving non-Jews<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 21:27 Cf. 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