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Luke 21:20

Luke 21:20 is verse 20 of Luke chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

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King James Version

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

World English Bible

“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

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Luke 21:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

19 By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

20 But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

22 For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 21:7

“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

Luke 19:43

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

Daniel 9:27

And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”

Matthew 24:15

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

Mark 13:14

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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