Luke 21 (NET)

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Luke 21:1¹Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:41-44 John 8:20 2 Chr 36:18 Matt 27:6 Neh 13:13 2 Kgs 24:13 Josh 6:19 Mark 7:11-13

Luke 21:2²He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 12:42

Luke 21:3³He said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:12 2 Cor 8:2-3 Acts 10:34 Exod 35:21-29 Mark 12:43-44 2 Cor 9:6-7 Acts 4:27 Luke 12:44 Luke 4:25 Luke 9:27

Luke 21:4⁴For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:44-45 Luke 15:12 Acts 4:34 Luke 8:43

Luke 21:5⁵Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 2:20 Mark 13:1-37 Matt 24:1-51

Luke 21:6⁶“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 13:2 Matt 24:2 Lam 5:18 Zech 14:2 1 Kgs 9:7-9 2 Chr 7:20-22 Acts 6:13-14 Dan 9:26-27 Isa 64:10-11 Jer 26:18

Luke 21:7⁷So they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 1:6-7 Mark 13:14 Mark 13:3-4 Luke 21:20-21 Luke 21:27-28 Matt 24:15-16 Dan 12:6 Dan 12:8 John 21:21-22 Luke 21:32

Luke 21:8⁸He said, “Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 4:1 2 Thess 2:3 Eph 5:6 Mark 13:5-6 Mark 13:21-23 Matt 24:11 Matt 24:4-5 Jer 29:8 2 Tim 3:13 2 Cor 11:13-15

Luke 21:9⁹And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:28 Matt 24:6-8 Mark 13:7-8 Isa 51:12-13 Luke 21:18-19

Luke 21:10¹⁰Then he said to them, “Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 2:19-20 Mark 13:8 2 Chr 15:5-6 Heb 12:27 Zech 14:13 Zech 14:2-3 Isa 19:2 Acts 11:28 Hag 2:21-22 Rev 6:2-12

Luke 21:11¹¹There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:29-30 Luke 21:25-27

Luke 21:12¹²But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:12-14 1 Pet 2:13 1 Thess 2:15-16 Acts 12:1-4 Acts 16:22-26 Acts 21:30-31 Acts 22:30 Acts 24:1-9 Acts 25:1-2 Acts 25:11-12

Luke 21:13¹³This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 1:12 Phil 1:28 2 Thess 1:5 1 Thess 3:3-4

Luke 21:14¹⁴Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:11-12 Mark 13:11 Matt 10:19-20

Luke 21:15¹⁵For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 1:9 Eph 6:19 Luke 12:12 Acts 6:10 Exod 4:11-12 Col 4:3-4 2 Tim 4:16-17 Luke 24:45 Jas 1:5 Prov 2:6

Luke 21:16¹⁶You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:53 Rev 6:9 Jer 9:4 Mark 13:12 Matt 10:21 Mic 7:5-6 Acts 12:2 Acts 7:59 Jer 12:6 Rev 12:11

Luke 21:17¹⁷You will be hated by everyone because of my name.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 15:19 Luke 6:22 2 Cor 12:10 John 15:21 2 Cor 4:11 Mark 13:13 Matt 10:22 Matt 24:9 Phil 1:29 Rev 2:3

Luke 21:18¹⁸Yet not a hair of your head will perish.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 10:30 1 Sam 14:45 Acts 27:34 Luke 12:7 2 Sam 14:11 1 Sam 25:29

Luke 21:19¹⁹By your endurance you will gain your lives.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 10:36 Jas 1:3 Matt 10:22 Rev 3:10 Rom 5:3 Rev 13:10 Rom 2:7 Ps 37:7 Rev 14:12 Heb 6:11

Luke 21:20²⁰“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 19:43 Dan 9:27 Mark 13:14 Luke 21:7 Matt 24:15

Luke 21:21²¹Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 6:1 Exod 9:20-21 Gen 19:17 Gen 19:26 Jer 35:11 Luke 17:31-33 Mark 13:15 Matt 24:16 Num 16:26 Prov 22:3

Luke 21:22²²because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 9:7 Isa 65:12-16 2 Pet 2:9 Isa 34:8 Isa 63:4 Jer 51:6 2 Pet 3:7 Dan 9:24-27 Mark 13:19-20 Deut 32:43

Luke 21:23²³Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lam 4:10 Luke 23:29 Mark 13:17 Matt 24:19 1 Pet 4:17 1 Thess 2:16 Deut 28:56-57 Heb 10:26-31 Jas 5:1 Heb 13:16

Luke 21:24²⁴They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 11:25 Rev 11:2 Isa 63:18 Dan 12:7 Dan 9:27 Dan 8:13 Isa 5:5 Isa 66:19 Mal 1:11 Isa 66:12

Luke 21:25²⁵“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 13:10 Joel 2:30-31 Rev 6:12-14 Dan 12:1 Ezek 32:7-8 Isa 24:23 2 Pet 3:10-12 Acts 2:19 Amos 8:9-10 Isa 13:13-14

Luke 21:26²⁶People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 28:65-67 Matt 24:29 2 Pet 3:10-12 Lev 26:36 Mark 13:25 Deut 28:32-34 Heb 10:26-27

Luke 21:27²⁷Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 24:30 Rev 1:7 Mark 13:26 Dan 7:13 Matt 26:64 Acts 1:9-11 Matt 16:27-28 Matt 25:31 Rev 14:14

Luke 21:28²⁸But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 8:23 Isa 60:1-2 Eph 4:30 Isa 12:1-3 Rom 8:19 Luke 18:7 Ps 98:5-9 Eph 1:14 Isa 25:8-9

Luke 21:29²⁹Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 13:28-30 Matt 24:32-35

Luke 21:30³⁰When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 12:57

Luke 21:31³¹So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 5:9 Heb 10:37 1 Pet 4:7 Luke 12:51-57 Matt 16:1-4 Matt 3:2

Luke 21:32³²I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 13:30 Matt 24:34 Matt 23:36 Matt 16:28 Luke 11:50-51

Luke 21:33³³Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:8 Mark 13:31 Matt 24:35 Isa 51:6 Ps 102:26 Matt 5:18 1 Pet 1:25 2 Pet 3:7-14 Rev 20:11

Luke 21:34³⁴“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 4:19 1 Thess 5:2-8 Luke 12:40 Luke 12:45-46 1 Pet 4:3-7 1 Cor 6:10 Rev 3:3 2 Pet 3:14 1 Cor 5:11 Gal 5:20

Luke 21:35³⁵For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rev 16:15 Eccl 9:12 Isa 24:17-18 Jer 48:43-44 Luke 17:37 Ps 11:6 Acts 17:26 Gen 7:4

Luke 21:36³⁶But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 John 2:28 Matt 25:13 1 Pet 5:8 Matt 24:42 1 Pet 4:7 1 Cor 16:13 Mark 13:33 Luke 18:1 Mal 3:2 Matt 26:41

Luke 21:37³⁷So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:39 Mark 11:19 Matt 21:1 Matt 21:17 Matt 26:55 Acts 1:12 John 12:1 Luke 19:37 Mark 11:12 Matt 26:30

Luke 21:38³⁸And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:John 8:1-2

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