Luke 21:25-36

The Widow’s Gift

²⁵And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; ²⁶men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. ²⁷And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. ²⁸But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

²⁹And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees: ³⁰when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh. ³¹Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh. ³²Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished. ³³Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

³⁴But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: ³⁵for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth. ³⁶But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.