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The Book of Luke, Chapter 21, Verse 1

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‹Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.›
King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
American Standard Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men that were casting their gifts into the treasury.
New English Translation
Persecution of Disciples Then he said to them,“Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
World English Bible
He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
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And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
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And he said, ‹Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:›
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‹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.›
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And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
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[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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And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign [will there be] when these things shall come to pass?
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And he said, ‹Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am› [Christ]; ‹and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.›
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‹But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end› [is] ‹not by and by.›
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Then said he unto them, ‹Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:›
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‹And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.›