Luke 21:16 — Meaning and Application

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“And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and {some} of you shall they cause to be put to death.”

Luke 21:16

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Settle {it} therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and {some} of you shall they cause to be put to death.

And ye shall be hated of all {men} for my name's sake.

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

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Luke 21:1

"And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury."

Luke 21:2

"And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites."

Luke 21:3

"And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:"

Luke 21:4

"For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."

Luke 21:5

"And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,"

Luke 21:6

"{As for} these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down."

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