Luke 21:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

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  • Matt 3:2 : 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
  • Matt 16:1-4 : 1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven. 2 But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red. 3 And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times. 4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.
  • Luke 12:51-57 : 51 Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division: 52 For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. 54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is. 55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is. 56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you? 57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
  • Heb 10:37 : 37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
  • 1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;

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    28Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

    29Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    31Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Matt 24:32-34
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    32Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

    33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    34Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • Luke 21:25-30
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    25And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

    26Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

    27And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

    28But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

    29And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

    30When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

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    32Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

    33Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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    20But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

    21Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

    22For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

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    20And when the Pharisees put questions to him about when the kingdom of God would come, he gave them an answer and said, The kingdom of God will not come through observation:

    21And men will not say, See, it is here! or, There! for the kingdom of God is among you.

    22And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

  • Luke 21:6-7
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    6As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down.

    7And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

  • Luke 21:9-11
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    9And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

    10Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

    11There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

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    11And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

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    31But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

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    11Even the dust of your town, which is on our feet, we put off as a witness against you; but be certain of this, that the kingdom of God is near.

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    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

    36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

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    30So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

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    9And make well those in it who are ill and say to them, The kingdom of God is near to you.

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    54Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

    55And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.

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    33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

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    27But truly I say to you, Some of those who are here now will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God.

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    15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

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    29But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

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    1And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

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    40So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

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    26And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

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    28Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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    2Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

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    36Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

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    35Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.

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    7And, on your way, say, The kingdom of heaven is near.

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    4Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.