Matthew 24
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The Destruction of the Temple Foretold
Mk 13:1–2; Lk 21:5–6
1Jesus departed from the temple and was leaving when His disciples came to show Him the temple buildings. 2#Lk 19:44Jesus answered them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another that shall not be thrown down.”
Troubles and Persecutions
Mk 13:3–13; Lk 21:7–19
3#Mt 21:1; Ac 1:7As 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?”
4#Jer 29:8; Eph 5:6Jesus answered them, “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5#Mt 24:11; 24:24For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6#2Th 2:2You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled. For all these things must happen, but the end is not yet. 7#Isa 19:2; Ac 11:28For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, epidemics, and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9#Jn 16:2; Mt 23:34“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10#Mt 10:21; 11:6Then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another. 11#Mt 7:15; 24:24And many false prophets will rise and will deceive many. 12Because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13#Mt 10:22; Ro 2:7But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14#Ro 10:18; Col 1:6; 1:23And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
The Great Tribulation
Mk 13:14–23; Lk 21:20–24
15#Da 9:27; 12:11; Mk 13:14“So when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’#Da 9:27. spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17#Mt 10:27Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18Let him who is in the field not return to take his clothes. 19Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days! 20Pray that your escape will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath. 21#Da 12:1; Joel 2:2For then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
22#Isa 65:8–9; Mt 24:24“Unless those days were shortened, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23#Lk 21:8Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe it. 24#Mt 24:11; 2Th 2:9–11For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25Listen, I have told you beforehand.
26#Ac 21:38“So, if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert,’ do not go there; or, ‘Look, He is in the private chambers,’ do not believe it. 27For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28#Lk 17:37Wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
The Coming of the Son of Man
Mk 13:24–27; Lk 21:25–28
29#Isa 13:10; Joel 2:10“Immediately after the tribulation of those days,
‘the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’#Joel 2:10.
30#Rev 1:7; Da 7:13; Mt 24:3“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#Mt 13:41; 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
Mk 13:28–31; Lk 21:29–33
32“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: When its branch becomes tender and grows leaves, you know that summer is near. 33#Jas 5:9So also, when you shall see all these things, you know that it is near, even at the doors. 34#Mt 16:28; 23:36Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35#Mt 5:18; Ps 102:26Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
The Unknown Day and Hour
Mk 13:32–37; Lk 17:26–30, 34–36
36#Ac 1:7; Mt 25:13; Mk 13:32“Concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. 37#Lk 17:26–27As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38#Mt 22:30For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 39#Mt 24:37and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40Two will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other left. 41#Ex 11:5; Isa 47:2Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and the other left.
42#Mt 25:13; 24:44“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord will come. 43#Lk 12:39But know this, that if the owner of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have let his house be broken into. 44#Mt 25:10; 25:13Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you least expect, the Son of Man is coming.
The Faithful or the Unfaithful Servant
Lk 12:41–48
45#Mt 25:21; 25:23“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has made ruler over his household to give them food at the appointed time? 46#Rev 16:15Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47#Mt 25:21; 25:23Truly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master delays his coming,’ 49and begins to strike his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunkards, 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not look for him and in an hour he is not aware of 51#Mt 8:12and will cut him in pieces and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 24
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1And Jesus went forth and went away from the temple, and his disciples came to him to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down. 3And as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be, and what is the sign of thy coming and the completion of the age?
4And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many. 6But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not disturbed; for all these things must take place, but it is not yet the end. 7For nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8But all these are the beginning of throes. 9Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. 10And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another; 11and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead many; 12and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold; 13but he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved. 14And these glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable earth, for a witness to all the nations, and then shall come the end. 15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in what is a holy place, (he that reads let him understand,) 16then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; 17let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house; 18and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment. 19But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days. 20But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath: 21for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be; 22and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short. 23Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or here, believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. 25Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it. 27For as the lightning goes forth from the east and shines to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 28For wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles. 29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon 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 land lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them.
32But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near. 33Thus also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors. 34Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place. 35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. 36But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but my Father alone. 37But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the Son of man. 38For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark, 39and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left; 41two women grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left. 42Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be dug through into. 44Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes. 45Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season? 46Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus. 47Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance. 48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, 49and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken; 50the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, 51and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.