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I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:2 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">a</a></span> with certainty, there isn’t a single stone here that will be left standing on top of another. They will all be torn down.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Cults, Revolutions, Famines, and Earthquakes</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:3-13</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:7-19</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>While Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:3 Lit. he">b</a></span> was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, <span class="red">“See to it that no one deceives you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>because many will come in my name and say, ‘I’m the Messiah,’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:5 Or Christ">c</a></span> and they will deceive many people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You’ll hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you aren’t alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn’t come yet, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Future Persecution, Apostasy, and Evangelism</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:9-13</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:12-19</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="red">“Then they’ll hand you over to suffer<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:9 Or tribulation">d</a></span> and will kill you, and you’ll be hated by all the nations<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:9 Or gentiles">e</a></span> because of my name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then many people will fall away, will betray one another, and will hate one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the person who endures to the end will be saved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:14 Or gentiles">f</a></span> and then the end will come.”</span></p> <p class="heading">Signs of the End</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:14-23</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">“So when you see the destructive desecration, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader take note),<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:15 Cf. Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; this parenthetical statement may have also been uttered by Jesus">g</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Anyone who’s on the housetop must not come down to get what is in his house, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and anyone who’s in the field must not turn back to get his coat.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">“How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Pray that it may not be in winter or on a Sabbath when you flee, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>because at that time there will be great suffering,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:21 Or tribulation">h</a></span> the kind that hasn’t happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won’t ever happen again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>If those days hadn’t been limited, no one<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 Lit. flesh">i</a></span> would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be limited.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="red">“At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look! Here’s the Messiah!’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:23 Or Christ">j</a></span> or ‘There he is!’, don’t believe it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>because false messiahs<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:24 Or christs">k</a></span> and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Remember, I’ve told you this beforehand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So if they say to you, ‘Look! He’s in the wilderness,’ don’t go out looking for him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:26 The Gk. lacks looking for him">l</a></span> And if they say, ‘Look! He’s in the storeroom,’ don’t believe it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>because just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Wherever there’s a corpse, there the vultures<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:28 Or eagles">m</a></span> will gather.</span></p> <p class="heading">The Coming of the Son of Man</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:24-27</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:25-28</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="red">“Immediately after the troubles<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:29 Or tribulation">n</a></span> of those days,</span></p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="red">‘The sun will be darkened,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">the moon will not give its light,</span></p> <p class="poetry2"><span class="red">the stars will fall from the sky,</span></p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot"><span class="red">and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:29 Cf. Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10">o</a></span> </span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="red">Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all ‘the tribes of the land<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:30 Or earth">p</a></span> will mourn’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:30 Cf. Zech 12:12">q</a></span> when they see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:30 Cf. Dan 7:13">r</a></span> with power and great glory. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He’ll send out his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they’ll gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to another.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Lesson from the Fig Tree</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:28-31</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/21.htm">Luke 21:29-33</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span><span class="red">“Now learn a lesson<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:32 Or parable">s</a></span> from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In the same way, when you see all these things, you’ll know that the Son of Man<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:33 Lit. that he">t</a></span> is near, right at the door. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:34 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">u</a></span> with certainty, this generation won’t disappear until these things happen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Unknown Day and Hour of Messiah’s Return</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/mark/13.htm">Mark 13:32-37</a>; <a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/17.htm">Luke 17:20-36</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span><span class="red">“No one knows when that day or hour will come<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:36 Lit. about that day and hour">v</a></span> —not the angels in heaven, nor the Son,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:36 Other mss. lack nor the Son">w</a></span> but only the Father, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>In those days before the flood, people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:38 Lit. they">x</a></span> were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>They were unaware of what was happening<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:39 The Gk. lacks of what was happening">y</a></span> until the flood came and swept all of them away. That’s how it will be when the Son of Man comes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Two women will be grinding grain<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:41 The Gk. lacks grain">z</a></span> at the mill. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span><span class="red">“So keep on watching, because you don’t know on what day your Lord is coming. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:43 Lit. known at what watch of">aa</a></span> the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>So you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you are not expecting him.”</span></p> <p class="heading">The Faithful or the Wicked Servant</p><p class="cross_ref">(<a href="http://isv.scripturetext.com/luke/12.htm">Luke 12:42-48</a>)</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span><span class="red">“Who, then, is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:45 Lit. them">bb</a></span> their food at the right time? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>I tell all of you<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:47 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.">cc</a></span> with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span><span class="red">“But if that wicked servant says to himself,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:48 Lit. in his heart">dd</a></span> ‘My master has been delayed,’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>and begins to beat his fellow servants and eat and drink with the drunks, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>that servant’s master will come on a day when he doesn’t expect him and at an hour that he doesn’t know. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/24-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Then his master<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:51 Lit. he">ee</a></span> will punish him severely<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:51 Lit. will cut him in pieces">ff</a></span> and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:51 i.e. extreme pain and anger">gg</a></span> </span></p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 24:2 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 24:3 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 24:5 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 24:9 Or <i>tribulation</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 24:9 Or <i>gentiles</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 24:14 Or <i>gentiles</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 24:15 Cf. Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; this parenthetical statement may have also been uttered by Jesus<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 24:21 Or <i>tribulation</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 24:22 Lit. <i>flesh</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 24:23 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 24:24 Or <i>christs</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 24:26 The Gk. lacks <i>looking for him</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 24:28 Or <i>eagles</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 24:29 Or <i>tribulation</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 24:29 Cf. Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10<br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 24:30 Or <i>earth</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 24:30 Cf. Zech 12:12<br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 24:30 Cf. Dan 7:13<br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 24:32 Or <i>parable</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 24:33 Lit. <i>that he</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 24:34 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 24:36 Lit. <i>about that day and hour</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 24:36 Other mss. lack <i>nor the Son</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 24:38 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 24:39 The Gk. lacks <i>of what was happening</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 24:41 The Gk. lacks <i>grain</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 24:43 Lit. <i>known at what watch of</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 24:45 Lit. <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 24:47 The Gk. pronoun <i>you</i> is pl.<br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 24:48 Lit. <i>in his heart</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 24:51 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 24:51 Lit. <i>will cut him in pieces</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 24:51 i.e. extreme pain and anger<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/matthew/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>