Luke 21:23-38 ▼

23 And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

24 and they will fall by the mouth of the sword, and will be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trodden down by nations, until the times of nations be fulfilled.

25 And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth distress of nations with perplexity, sea and wave roaring;

26 men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

28 and these things beginning to happen, bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

29 And He spoke an allegory to them: “See the fig tree, and all the trees,

30 when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves you know that now the summer is near;

31 so also you, when you may see these things happening, you know that the Kingdom of God is near;

32 truly I say to you, this generation may not pass away until all may have come to pass;

33 the sky and the earth will pass away, but My words may not pass away.

34 And take heed to yourselves lest your hearts may be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

35 for it will come as a snare on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth,

36 watch, then, in every season, praying that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

37 And He was teaching in the temple during the days, and during the nights, going forth, He was lodging at [that] called the Mount of Olives;

38 and all the people were coming early to Him in the temple to hear Him.