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Luke 21:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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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