Matthew 24

¹Jesus left the temple and was going away , when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple .

²But he answered them , You see all these , do you not ? Truly , I say to you , there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down .

³As he sat on the Mount of Olives , the disciples came to him privately , saying , Tell us , when will these things be , and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age ?

⁴And Jesus answered them , See that no one leads you astray .

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

⁶And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars . See that you are not alarmed , for this must take place , but the end is not yet .

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

⁸All these are but the beginning of the birth pains .

⁹Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death , and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake .

¹⁰And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another .

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

¹²And because lawlessness will be increased , the love of many will grow cold .

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

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

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

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

¹⁷Let the one who is on the housetop not go down to take what is in his house ,

¹⁸and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak .

¹⁹And alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days !

²⁰Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath .

²¹For then there will be great tribulation , such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now , no , and never will be .

²²And if those days had not been cut short , no human being would be saved . But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short .

²³Then if anyone says to you , Look , here is the Christ ! or There he is! do not believe it.

²⁴For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders , so as to lead astray , if possible , even the elect .

²⁵See , I have told you beforehand .

²⁶So , if they say to you , Look , he is in the wilderness , do not go out . If they say, Look , he is in the inner rooms , do not believe it.

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

²⁸Wherever the corpse is , there the vultures will gather .

²⁹Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened , and the moon will not give its light , and the stars will fall from heaven , and the powers of the heavens will be shaken .

³⁰Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man , 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 .

³¹And 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 heaven to the other .

³²From the fig tree learn its lesson : as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves , you know that summer is near .

³³So also , when you see all these things , you know that he is near , at the very gates .

³⁴Truly , I say to you , this generation will not pass away until all these things take place .

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

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

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

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

³⁹and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away , so will be the coming of the Son of Man .

⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field ; one will be taken and one left .

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

⁴²Therefore , stay awake , for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming .

⁴³But know this , that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming , he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into .

⁴⁴Therefore you also must be ready , for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect .

⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and wise servant , whom his master has set over his household , to give them their food at the proper time ?

⁴⁶Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes .

⁴⁷Truly , I say to you , he will set him over all his possessions .

⁴⁸But if that wicked servant says to himself , My master is delayed ,

⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards ,

⁵⁰the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know

⁵¹and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites . In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .