Luke 21:3-36 And he said, I tell you, truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than any of them;

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And he said, I tell you, truly, that this poor widow has cast in more than any of them; ⁴ for all of these, out of their superfluous store, have thrown into the sacred chest, she has thrown in all the little that she had. ⁵ Some having remarked, that the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and presents, he said, ⁶ The time will come, when these things which you behold, shall be razed that one stone will not be left upon another. ⁷ Then they asked him, saying, Rabbi, when will these things be: and what will be the sign, when they are about to be accomplished? ⁸ He answered, Take care that you be not seduced: for many will assume my character, saying, I am the person, and the time approaches; therefore, do not follow them. ⁹ But when you shall hear of wars and insurrections, be not terrified: for these things must first happen; but the end will not immediately follow. ¹⁰ He added, Then will nation rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. ¹¹ And there shall be great earthquakes in sundry places, and famines, and pestilences; there shall be also frightful appearances, and great prodigies in the sky. ¹² But, before all this, you shall be apprehended and prosecuted, and delivered to synagogues, and imprisoned, and dragged before kings and governors, because of my name: ¹³ and this afford scope for your testimony. ¹⁴ Be, therefore, resolved not to premeditate what defense you shall make; ¹⁵ for I will give you an utterance, and wisdom, which none of your adversaries shall be able to refute or resist. ¹⁶ And you shall be given up even by parents, and brothers, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will be put to death. ¹⁷ And, on my account, you shall be universally hated. ¹⁸ Yet not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹ Save your souls by your perseverance. ²⁰ Now, when you shall see Jerusalem invested with armies, know that its desolation is nigh. ²¹ Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; let those in the city make their escape, and let not those in the country enter the city: ²² for these will be days of vengeance, in which all the denunciations of the scriptures shall be accomplished. ²³ But, alas, for the women with child, and for them who give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. ²⁴ They shall fall by the sword; they shall be carried captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be over. ²⁵ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth, the anguish of desponding nations; and roarings in the seas, and floods; ²⁶ men expiring with the fear and apprehension of those things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. ²⁷ Then they shall see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great glory and power. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to be fulfilled, look up, and lift up your heads; because your deliverance approaches. ²⁹ He proposed to them, also, this comparison: Consider the fig tree, and the other trees. ³⁰ When you observe them shooting forth, you know, of yourselves, that the summer is nigh. ³¹ Know, in like manner, when you shall see these events, that the Reign of God is nigh. ³² Indeed, I say to you, that this race shall not fail until all be accomplished. ³³ Heaven and earth shall fail; but my words shall not fail. ³⁴ Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares: for, as a net, ³⁵ it shall inclose all the inhabitants of the earth. ³⁶ Be vigilant, therefore, praying on every occasion, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these approaching evils, and to stand before the Son of Man.