Luke 21:16-32

New American Standard Bible

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 ^(A)not a hair of your head will perish. ^19 (B)By your endurance you will gain your ^[a]lives.

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem ^(C)surrounded by armies, then ^[b]recognize that her desolation is near. ²¹ Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are inside ^[c]the city must leave, and ^(D)those who are in the country must not enter ^[d]the city; ²² because these are ^(E)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 ^(F)there will be great distress upon the ^[e]land, and wrath to this people; ²⁴ and they will fall by ^(G)the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and ^(H)Jerusalem will be ^(I)trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until ^(J)the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Return of Christ

²⁵ “There will be ^[f]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 ^[g]world; for the powers of ^[h]the heavens will be shaken. ²⁷ And ^(K)then they will see ^(L)the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸ But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because ^(M)your redemption is drawing near.”

²⁹ And He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees: ³⁰ as soon as they put forth leaves, you see for yourselves and ^(N)know that summer is now near. ³¹ So you too, when you see these things happening, ^[i]recognize that ^(O)the kingdom of God is near. ³² Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.