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<a href ="../luke/21.htm#5">Luke 21:5–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Jesus having gone out, went out of the temple: and his disciples came near to shew him the buildings of the temple. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these? truly I say to you, Stone upon stone shall not be left here, which shall not be loosened.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him apart, saying, Say to us when these shall be, and what the sign of thy arrival, and the termination of the time.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Jesus having answered, said to them, See lest any lead you astray.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And ye will be about to hear of wars and rumors of war: see, be not terrified; for all must be, but the end is not yet. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For nation shall be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and plagues, and shakings in places. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all these the beginning of anguish.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Witnessing to All Nations<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/13.htm#9">Mark 13:9–13</a>; <a href ="../luke/21.htm#10">Luke 21:10–19</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then shall they deliver you to pressure, and they shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations, for my name. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And then shall many be offended, and they shall deliver up one another, and they shall hate one another. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And many false prophets shall be raised up, and deceive many. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And because anxiety shall increase, the love of many shall be cooled. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But he having persevered to the end, this shall be saved. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And this good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole habitable globe for a witness to all nations: and then shall the end come.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">The Abomination of Desolation<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/13.htm#14">Mark 13:14–23</a>; <a href ="../luke/21.htm#20">Luke 21:20–24</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore, when ye see the abomination of devastation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him reading, understand:) <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then let them in Judea flee to the mountain; <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He upon the house-tops, let him not come down to take away anything out of his house: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garments: <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And woe to those having in the womb, and to those giving suck, in those days! <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And pray that your flight be not in winter, nor in the sabbath. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And except those days had been shortened, no flesh should be saved: but for the chosen, those days shall be shortened. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then if any say to you, Behold, here Christ, or there; believe ye not. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For false Christs, and false prophets, shall be raised up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if possible, also the chosen. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Behold, I have told you beforehand.<p> <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">The Return of the Son of Man<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/13.htm#24">Mark 13:24–27</a>; <a href ="../luke/21.htm#25">Luke 21:25–28</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; Behold, in the store-houses, believe ye not. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For as the lightning comes forth from the sunrisings, and shines to the descents; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For wherever be the fall, there will the eagles be gathered together.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And quickly after the pressure of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and much glory. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And he shall send his messengers, with the great voice of the trumpet, and they shall bring together his chosen from the four winds, from the extremities of the heavens to the extremities.<p> <A name="33"></a><p class="hdg">The Lesson of the Fig Tree<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/13.htm#28">Mark 13:28–31</a>; <a href ="../luke/21.htm#29">Luke 21:29–33</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And from the fig tree learn a parable; When already her young shoot should be tender, and the leaves should spring forth, ye know that summer is near: <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>So also ye, when ye should see all these things, know ye that it is near at the doors. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words should not pass away.<p> <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">Readiness at Any Hour<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../genesis/6.htm">Genesis 6:1–7</a>; <a href ="../mark/13.htm#32">Mark 13:32–37</a>; <a href ="../luke/12.htm#35">Luke 12:35–48</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And concerning that day and hour, none know, nor the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>And as the days of Noe, so shall be the arrival of the Son of man. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>For as they were in the days of the inundation, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noe came into the ark, <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And knew not till the inundation came, and took them all away; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Then shall be two in the field; one shall be taken, and one is let go; <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Two grinding in the mill; one shall be taken, and one let go.<p> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Therefore be ye also prepared: for what hour ye think not, the Son of man comes.<p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Who then is the faithful and discerning servant, which his lord set over his attendance, to give them food in due season. <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, That he shall set him over all his possessions. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>But if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays to come; <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And he should begin to strike the fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with those intoxicated; <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he expects not, and in an hour which he knows not, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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