Matthew 24

1 As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

2 “Do you see all these things?” Jesus replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3 While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

4 Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

5 For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. All these things must happen, but the end is still to come.

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10 At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

11 and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

12 Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17 Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

18 And let no one in the field return for his garments.

19 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20 Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22 If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

23 At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25 See, I have told you in advance.

26 So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28 For wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

30 At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32 Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

33 So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

34 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only My Father.

37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

39 And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the hour in which your Lord will come.

43 But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

44 For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

46 Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming.’

49 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50 The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 ¶ And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, ‹See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.›

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 ¶ And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Take heed that no man deceive you.›

5 ‹For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.›

6 ‹And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all› [these things] ‹must come to pass, but the end is not yet.›

7 ‹For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.›

8 ‹All these› [are] ‹the beginning of sorrows.›

9 ‹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.›

10 ‹And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.›

11 ‹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.›

12 ‹And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.›

13 ‹But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.›

14 ‹And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.›

15 ‹When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)›

16 ‹Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:›

17 ‹Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:›

18 ‹Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.›

19 ‹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!›

20 ‹But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:›

21 ‹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.›

22 ‹And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.›

23 ‹Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here› [is] ‹Christ, or there; believe› [it] ‹not.›

24 ‹For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if› [it were] ‹possible, they shall deceive the very elect.›

25 ‹Behold, I have told you before.›

26 ‹Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold,› [he is] ‹in the secret chambers; believe› [it] ‹not.›

27 ‹For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

28 ‹For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.›

29 ‹Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:›

30 ‹And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.›

31 ‹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.›

32 ¶ ‹Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer› [is] ‹nigh:›

33 ‹So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near,› [even] ‹at the doors.›

34 ‹Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.›

35 ‹Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.›

36 ‹But of that day and hour knoweth no› [man], ‹no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.›

37 ‹But as the days of Noe› [were], ‹so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

38 ‹For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,›

39 ‹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.›

40 ‹Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.›

41 ‹Two› [women shall be] ‹grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.›

42 ‹Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.›

43 ‹But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.›

44 ‹Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.›

45 ‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?›

46 ‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.›

47 ‹Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.›

48 ‹But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;›

49 ‹And shall begin to smite› [his] ‹fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;›

50 ‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,›

51 ‹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint› [him] ‹his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›

1 And JEsus departed from the temple, and his disciples came unto him, to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be broken.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came unto him specially, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For many shall come under my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 Ye shall hear wars, and the noise of wars: watch, and be not dismayed. All these things must first come to pass; but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and grievous times, and earthquakes in divers places.

8 there will be first of all the need.

9 Then shall they deliver you up into tribulation, and shall kill you. And ye shall be hated for my name's sake of all nations.

10 Then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, love shall wax cold in many.

13 But he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

14 And the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations: and then shall the end come.

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, that it shall stand in the holy place, let him that readeth take heed,

16 Then let him that is in the land of the Jews flee to the mountains;

17 And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any thing out of his house;

18 And he that is in the field, let him not return to take up his garments.

19 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray that your flight be not in the winter, or on the sabbath day,

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the world began, neither ever shall be.

22 And if those days were not shortened, no man should be saved: but for the elect's sake the days are shortened.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Behold, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 For false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and shall shew great signs and wonders, to deceive (where it is possible) even the elect.

25 Behold, I told you before!

26 Therefore when they shall say unto you: Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: behold, he is in the chamber; believe it not.

27 For as the lightning goeth forth from the rising, and shineth even unto the going down; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 But where there is a carcase, there the eagles gather together.

29 But soon after the tribulation of those days the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven. And then shall all kindreds of the earth howl, and shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 Learn a parable of the fig tree. When its branch becomes sapient and produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

33 So also, when ye see all these things, know that it is at the door.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not even the angels which are in heaven, but my Father only.

37 But as it was in the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as they were in the days that were before the flood, they did eat, and they drank, and they did relieve themselves, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 And they regarded it not, till the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; one shall be accepted, and the other left.

41 Two shall grind at the mill; the one shall be accepted, and the other shall be left.

42 Therefore watch. For ye know not what hour your Lord shall come.

43 But this ye ought to know: If a householder knew the hour of the thief's coming, he would keep watch and not let him break into his house.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for the Son of man shall come in an hour when ye think not.

45 Which then is a faithful and prudent servant, whom his lord hath set over his servants, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is the servant when his lord comes and finds him doing thus!

47 Verily I say unto you, He shall set him over all his goods.

48 But that wicked servant shall say in his heart, My lord is not yet come,

49 And he began to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken:

50 Then shall the lord of that servant come in the day of which he is not minded, and in the hour which he is not minded,

51 And shall break him down, and shall give him his reward with the hypocrites. There shall be his weeping and gnashing of teeth.