Matthew 24:1 - 24:51 | ASV

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¹And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

²But he answered and 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.

³And as he sat on 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?

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

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

⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for `these things' must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.

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

⁸But all these things are the beginning of travail.

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

¹⁰And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

¹¹And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

¹²And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

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

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

¹⁵When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

¹⁶then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

¹⁷let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

¹⁸and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

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

²⁰And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:

²¹for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

²²And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

²³Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.

²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

²⁵Behold, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe `it' not.

²⁷For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

²⁸Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall 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:

³⁰and 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 on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³¹And he shall send forth 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.

³²Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;

³³even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, `even' at the doors.

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

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

³⁶But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

³⁷And as `were' the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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

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

⁴⁰Then shall two man be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

⁴¹two women `shall be' grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.

⁴²Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

⁴³But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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

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

⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

⁴⁸But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;

⁴⁹and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;

⁵⁰the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,

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

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