Luke 21:36

Therefore stay alert at all times, praying that you may be considered worthy to escape everything that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

In Context

35For it will come like a trap upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

37Each day Jesus taught in the temple courts, but at night he would go out and stay at the mount called Olivet.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Mark 13:33Be on guard; stay alert and pray! For you do not know when the time is coming.

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom their master finds keeping watch when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table, and he will come and serve them.

Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are they given in marriage.

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:30-38

Judgments Predicted. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts… Read the whole commentary →

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