Luke 21:14-24

14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.
15 For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.
17 Everyone will hate you because of me.
18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
19 Stand firm, and you will win life.
20 “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.
21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.
22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.
23 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Cross References 11

  • 1. Luke 12:11
  • 2. S Luke 12:12
  • 3. Luke 12:52,53
  • 4. S John 15:21
  • 5. S Matthew 10:30
  • 6. S Matthew 10:22
  • 7. S Luke 19:43
  • 8. Luke 17:31
  • 9. Isaiah 63:4; Daniel 9:24-27; Hosea 9:7
  • 10. S Matthew 1:22
  • 11. Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 63:18; Daniel 8:13; Revelation 11:2
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