Luke 21:31-38

31 "So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that 1the kingdom of God is near.
32 "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place.
33 "2Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
34 "3Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;
35 for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.
36 "But 4keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to 5stand before the Son of Man."
37 Now during the day He was 6teaching in the temple, but 7at evening He would go out and spend the night on 8the mount that is called Olivet.
38 And all the people would get up 9early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Matthew 3:2
  • 2. Matthew 5:18; Luke 16:17
  • 3. Matthew 24:42-44; Mark 4:19; Luke 12:40, 45; 1 Thessalonians 5:2f
  • 4. Mark 13:33; Luke 12:40
  • 5. Luke 1:19; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 11:4
  • 6. Matthew 26:55; Luke 19:47
  • 7. Mark 11:19
  • 8. Matthew 21:1
  • 9. John 8:2

Footnotes 6

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