Matthew 24
Signs of Christ’s Return
1 aJesus bcame out from the temple and was going away ▼▼ Lit and
when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, dnot one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.” 3As He was sitting on ethe Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of fYour coming, and of the ▼▼ Or consummation
end of the age?” 4And Jesus answered and said to them, h“See to it that no one misleads you. 5“For imany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ▼▼ I.e. the Messiah
Christ,’ and will mislead many. 6“You will be hearing of kwars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7“For lnation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be mfamines and earthquakes. 8 n“But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 o“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and pyou will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10“At that time many will ▼▼ Lit be caused to stumble
,
rfall away and will ▼▼ Or hand over
betray one another and hate one another. 11“Many tfalse prophets will arise and will mislead many. 12“Because lawlessness is increased, ▼▼ Lit the love of many
most people’s love will grow cold. 13 v“But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14“This wgospel of the kingdom xshall be preached in the whole ▼▼ Lit inhabited earth
,
zworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Perilous Times
15“Therefore when you see the aa abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in abthe holy place ( aclet the reader understand), 16then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17 ▼▼ Lit He who
“Whoever is on aethe housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18 ▼▼ Lit He who
“Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 19“But agwoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21“For then there will be a ahgreat tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22“Unless those days had been cut short, no ▼▼ Lit flesh
life would have been saved; but for ajthe sake of the ▼▼ Or chosen ones
elect those days will be cut short. 23 al“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ▼▼ I.e. Messiah
Christ,’ or ‘ ▼▼ Lit here
There He is,’ do not believe him. 24“For false Christs and aofalse prophets will arise and will ▼▼ Lit give
show great ▼▼ Or attesting miracles
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arsigns and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even asthe ▼▼ Or chosen ones
elect. 25“Behold, I have told you in advance. 26“So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. 27 au“For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the avcoming of the awSon of Man be. 28 ax“Wherever the corpse is, there the ▼▼ Or eagles
vultures will gather. The Glorious Return
29“But immediately after the aztribulation of those days ba the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and bb the stars will fall from ▼▼ Or heaven
the sky, and the powers of ▼▼ Or heaven
the heavens will be shaken. 30“And then bethe sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see bfthe Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31“And bgHe will send forth His angels with bh a great trumpet and they will gather together His ▼▼ Or chosen ones
,
bjelect from bkthe four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Parable of the Fig Tree
32“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33so, you too, when you see all these things, ▼▼ Or know
recognize that ▼▼ Or it
He is near, right bnat the ▼▼ Lit doors
door. 34“Truly I say to you, bpthis ▼▼ Or race
generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 br“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. 36“But bsof that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37“For ▼▼ Lit just as...were the days
the bucoming of the Son of Man will be bvjust like the days of Noah. 38“For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, bwmarrying and giving in marriage, until the day that bxNoah entered the ark, 39and they did not ▼▼ Lit know
understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the bzcoming of the Son of Man be. 40“Then there will be two men in the field; one ▼▼ Lit is
will be taken and one ▼▼ Lit is
will be left. 41 cc“Two women will be grinding at the ▼▼ I.e. handmill
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cemill; one ▼▼ Lit is
will be taken and one ▼▼ Lit is
will be left. Be Ready for His Coming
42“Therefore chbe on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43“But ▼▼ Lit know this
be sure of this, that cjif the head of the house had known ckat what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be ▼▼ Lit dug through
broken into. 44“For this reason cmyou also must be ready; for cnthe Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. 45 co“Who then is the cpfaithful and cqsensible slave whom his ▼▼ Or lord
master csput in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46“Blessed is that slave whom his ▼▼ Or lord
master finds so doing when he comes. 47“Truly I say to you that cuhe will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48“But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ▼▼ Or lord
master ▼▼ Lit lingers
is not coming for a long time,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50the ▼▼ Or lord
master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51and will ▼▼ Or severely scourge him
cut him in pieces and ▼▼ Lit appoint his portion
assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be daweeping and gnashing of teeth.
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