Luke 21

A Widow's Offering

(Mark 12.41-44)

1Jesus looked up and saw some rich people tossing their gifts into the offering box.

2He also saw a poor widow putting in a few cents.

3And he said, “I tell you that this poor woman has put in more than all the others.

4Everyone else gave what they didn't need. But she is very poor and gave everything she had.”

The Temple Will Be Destroyed

(Matthew 24.1,2; Mark 13.1,2)

5Some people were talking about the beautiful stones used to build the temple and about the gifts that had been placed in it. Jesus said,

6“Do you see these stones? The time is coming when not one of them will be left in place. They will all be knocked down.”

Warning about Trouble

(Matthew 24.3-14; Mark 13.3-13)

7Some people asked, “Teacher, when will all this happen? How can we know when these things are about to take place?”[#2 Esd 4.51—5.19.]

8Jesus replied:

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

(Matthew 24.15-21; Mark 13.14-19)

When the Son of Man Appears

(Matthew 24.29-31; Mark 13.24-27)

A Lesson from a Fig Tree

(Matthew 24.32-35; Mark 13.28-31)

29Then Jesus told them a story:

A Warning

37Jesus taught in the temple each day, and he spent each night on the Mount of Olives.[#Lk 19.47.]

38Everyone got up early and came to the temple to hear him teach.

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