Matthew 24:1-47 ▼

1 And having gone out from the temple, Jesus was going, and His disciples came near to point out to Him the buildings of the temple.

2 And answering, He said to them, “Do you? not see all these things? Truly I say to you?, not one stone here shall be left upon a stone, which will not be thrown down.”

3 And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him by Himself, saying, “Tell us when these things will be. And what is the sign of Your coming and the consummation of the age?”

4 And answering, Jesus said to them, “Take heed, lest anyone may lead you? astray.

5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.

6 And you? will begin to hear of wars and rumors of wars. Behold, do not be alarmed; for it is necessary to happen, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8 And all these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 Then they will deliver you? up to tribulation, and they will kill you?, and you? will be hated by all the nations because of My name.

10 And then many will be caused to stumble, and they will deliver up one another and will hate one another;

11 and many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.

12 And because lawlessness is to be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

13 But the one having endured to the end, he will be saved.

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

15 Therefore, when you? shall see the ‘abomination of the desolation,’ having been spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (the one reading, let him understand),

16 then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;

17 the one on the housetop, let him not come down to take away the things out of his house;

18 and the one in the field, let him not return back to take away his garment.

19 And woe to those having in womb and to those nursing in those days!

20 But pray that your? flight may not be in winter, nor on a Sabbath.

21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be.

22 And if those days were not shortened, not any flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

23 At that time if anyone should say to you?, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here,’ do not believe it.

24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

25 Behold, I have told you? beforehand.

26 Therefore if they may say to you?, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or ‘Behold, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

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

28 Wherever the carcass may be, there the vultures will be gathered.

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

30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

31 And He will send His angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens to the ends of them.

32 Now learn the parable from the fig tree: When its branch already shall have become tender and it may put forth leaves, you? know that the summer is near.

33 So also you?, when you? see all these things, know that He is near, at the doors.

34 Truly I say to you? that this generation shall not have passed away until all these things shall have come to pass.

35 The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words shall never pass away.

36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, nor the Son, except the Father only.

37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For as in those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until that day Noah entered into the ark.

39 And they did not know until the flood came and took away all. So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.

40 Then two will be in the field: one is taken, and one is left.

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

42 Therefore watch, because you? do not know on what day your? Lord comes.

43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in which watch the thief comes, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

44 Because of this also, you? be ready, because in the hour that you? do not think, the Son of Man comes.

45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master set over his household, to give them the food in season?

46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, will find so doing.

47 Truly I say to you? that he will set him over all of his possessions.