Matthew, 24

1. Jesus left the Temple, and as he was going away his disciples came up to draw his attention to the Temple buildings.

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.

2. He said to them in reply, 'You see all these? In truth I tell you, not a single stone here will be left on another: everything will be pulled down.'

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.

3. And while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came and asked him when they were by themselves, 'Tell us, when is this going to happen, and what sign will there be of your coming and of the end of the world?'

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?

4. And Jesus answered them, 'Take care that no one deceives you,

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

5. because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the Christ," and they will deceive many.

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

6. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for this is something that must happen, but the end will not be yet.

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.

7. For nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

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

8. All this is only the beginning of the birthpangs.

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

9. 'Then you will be handed over to be tortured and put to death; and you will be hated by all nations on account of my name.

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.

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

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

11. Many false prophets will arise; they will deceive many,

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

12. and with the increase of lawlessness, love in most people will grow cold;

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

13. but anyone who stands firm to the end will be saved.

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

14. 'This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to the whole world as evidence to the nations. And then the end will come.

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.

15. 'So when you see the appalling abomination, of which the prophet Daniel spoke, set up in the holy place (let the reader understand),

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:)

16. then those in Judaea must escape to the mountains;

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

17. if anyone is on the housetop, he must not come down to collect his belongings from the house;

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

18. if anyone is in the fields, he must not turn back to fetch his cloak.

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

19. Alas for those with child, or with babies at the breast, when those days come!

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

20. Pray that you will not have to make your escape in winter or on a Sabbath.

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

21. For then there will be great distress, unparalleled since the world began, and such as will never be again.

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.

22. And if that time had not been shortened, no human being would have survived; but shortened that time shall be, for the sake of those who are chosen.

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.

23. 'If anyone says to you then, "Look, here is the Christ," or "Over here," do not believe it;

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

24. for false Christs and false prophets will arise and provide great signs and portents, enough to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

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.

25. Look! I have given you warning.

25. Behold, I have told you before.

26. 'If, then, they say to you, "Look, he is in the desert," do not go there; "Look, he is in some hiding place," do not believe it;

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.

27. because the coming of the Son of man will be like lightning striking in the east and flashing far into the west.

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.

28. Wherever the corpse is, that is where the vultures will gather.

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

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

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:

30. And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven; then, too, all the peoples of the earth will beat their breasts; and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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.

31. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet to gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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.

32. 'Take the fig tree as a parable: as soon as its twigs grow supple and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

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:

33. So with you when you see all these things: know that he is near, right at the gates.

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

34. In truth I tell you, before this generation has passed away, all these things will have taken place.

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

35. Sky and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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

36. But as for that day and hour, nobody knows it, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, no one but the Father alone.

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

37. 'As it was in Noah's day, so will it be when the Son of man comes.

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

38. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark,

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,

39. and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away. This is what it will be like when the Son of man comes.

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

40. Then of two men in the fields, one is taken, one left;

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

41. of two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, one left.

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

42. 'So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming.

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

43. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house.

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.

44. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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

45. 'Who, then, is the wise and trustworthy servant whom the master placed over his household to give them their food at the proper time?

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?

46. Blessed that servant if his master's arrival finds him doing exactly that.

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

47. In truth I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.

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

48. But if the servant is dishonest and says to himself, "My master is taking his time,"

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

49. and sets about beating his fellow-servants and eating and drinking with drunkards,

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

50. his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.

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,

51. The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.'

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