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Luke 21:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. "

Luke 21:23

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21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

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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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