Matthew, 24

1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

1. Jesus left the Temple and as he was walking away, his disciples came to him and boasted about the imposing Temple buildings.

2. And Jesus 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.

2. But he said, "You see all this? Truly I say to you: not one stone will be left upon another here. All will be thrown down."

3. And as he sat upon 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?

3. Later when Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples approached him privately and asked, "Tell us when this will take place. What sign will be given us before your coming and the end of history?"

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

4. Jesus answered, "Be on your guard and let no one mislead you.

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

5. Many will come, claiming my title and saying: 'I am the Messiah,' and they will mislead many people.

6. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

6. You will hear about war and threats of war, but do not be troubled, for these things must happen, but it is not yet the end.

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

7. Nations will fight one another, and kingdom oppose kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in several places,

8. All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.

8. but all these are only the beginning: the first pains of childbirth.

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

9. Then they will arrest you, and they will torture and kill you. All nations will hate you for you bear my name.

10. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

10. In those days, many will stumble and fall; they will betray one another and become enemies.

11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

11. False prophets will appear and mislead many people,

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

12. and because of such great wickedness, love will grow cold in many people.

13. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

13. But the one who holds out to the end will be saved.

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

14. The Good News of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world for all the nations to know; then the end will come.

15. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

15. When you see what the prophet Daniel foretold: the idol of the invader set up in the Temple (may the reader understand!),

16. Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

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

17. Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

17. If you are on the housetop, do not come down to take anything with you.

18. Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

18. If you are in the field, do not turn back to fetch your cloak.

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

19. How hard it will be for pregnant women and mothers with babies at the breast!

20. But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

20. Pray that it may not be in winter or on a sabbath that you flee.

21. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

21. For there will be great tribulation such as was never known from the beginning of the world until now, and is never to be known again.

22. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

22. And if that time were not to be shortened, no one would survive. But God will shorten it for the sake of his chosen ones.

23. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not.

23. Then, if anyone says to you: 'Look! The Messiah is here! He is there!', do not believe it.

24. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

24. For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders so great that they would deceive even God's chosen people, if that were possible.

25. Behold, I have told you before.

25. See, I have told you everything ahead of time.

26. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, [he is] in the secret chambers; believe [it] not.

26. So, if anyone tells you: 'He is in the desert,' do not go. If they say: 'He is in such a secluded place,' do not believe it.

27. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

27. For the coming of the Son of Man will instead be like lightning which flashes from the east even to the west.

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

28. 'Wherever the body is, the vultures will gather.'

29. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun 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:

29. For later, after that distress, the sun will grow dark, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the skies, and the whole universe will be shaken.

30. And 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 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven: as all the nations of the earth beat their breasts, they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with divine power and the fullness of Glory.

31. And he shall send 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.

31. He will send his angels to sound the trumpet and gather the chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the earth to the other.

32. Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:

32. Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches grow tender and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.

33. So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.

33. In the same way, when you see all that I have told you, know that the time is near, even at the door.

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

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

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

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

36. But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

36. But as for that Day and that Hour, no one knows when it will come, not even the angels of God nor the Son, but only the Father.

37. But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

37. At the coming of the Son of Man it will be just as it was in the time of Noah.

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

38. In those days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking, and marrying, until the day when Noah went into the ark.

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

39. Yet they did not know what would happen until the flood came and swept them away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

40. Of two men in the field, one will be taken and the other left.

41. Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41. Of two women grinding wheat together at the mill, one will be taken and the other left.

42. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

42. Stay awake, then, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

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

43. Just think about this: if the owner of the house knew that the thief would come by night around a certain hour, he would stay awake to prevent his house to be broken into.

44. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

44. So be alert, for the Son of Man will come at the hour you least expect.

45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

45. Imagine a capable servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give them food at the proper time.

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

46. Fortunate indeed is that servant whom his master will find at work when he comes.

47. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

47. Truly, I say to you, his lord will entrust that one with everything he has.

48. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

48. Not so with the bad servant who thinks: My master is delayed.

49. And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

49. And he begins ill-treating his fellow servants while eating and drinking with drunkards.

50. The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,

50. But his master will come on the day he does not know and at the hour he least expects.

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

51. He will dismiss that servant and deal with him as with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.