Luke 21:7-26

New American Standard Bible

⁷ They asked Him questions, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the ^[a]sign when these things are about to take place?” ⁸ And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘^(A)I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ ^(B)Do not go after them. ⁹ And when you hear of wars and revolts, do not be alarmed; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”

Things to Come

¹⁰ Then He continued by saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, ¹¹ and there will be ^[b]massive earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrible sights and great ^[c]signs from heaven.

¹² “But before all these things, ^(C)they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, ^[d]bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name. ^13 (D)It will lead to ^[e]an opportunity for your testimony. ^14 (E)So ^[f]make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; ¹⁵ for ^(F)I will provide you ^[g]eloquence and wisdom which none of your adversaries will be able to oppose or refute. ¹⁶ But you will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, other relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death, ¹⁷ and you will be hated by all people because of My name. ¹⁸ And yet ^(G)not a hair of your head will perish. ^19 (H)By your endurance you will gain your ^[h]lives.

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem ^(I)surrounded by armies, then ^[i]recognize that her desolation is near. ²¹ Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside ^[j]the city must leave, and ^(J)those who are in the country must not enter ^[k]the city; ²² because these are ^(K)days of punishment, so that all things which have been written will be fulfilled. ²³ Woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for ^(L)there will be great distress upon the ^[l]land, and wrath to this people; ²⁴ and they will fall by ^(M)the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and ^(N)Jerusalem will be ^(O)trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until ^(P)the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Return of Christ

²⁵ “There will be ^[m]signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, ²⁶ people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the ^[n]world; for the powers of ^[o]the heavens will be shaken.