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These things must happen, but the end is still to come. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All these are the beginning of birth pains.</span> <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 class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>At that time many will fall away and will betray and 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 will arise and mislead many. <A name="13"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. <A name="15"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. <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 class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And let no one in the field return for his cloak. <A name="20"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short. <A name="24"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>See, I have told you in advance. <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 class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For 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. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. <A name="30"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Immediately after the tribulation of those days: <p class="indent1stlinered">‘The sun will be darkened, <p class="indentred2"> and the moon will not give its light; <p class="indentred1"> the stars will fall from the sky, <p class="indentred2"> and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span>’ <A name="31"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <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 class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Now learn this lesson<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you 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, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> right at the door. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. <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 class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> but only the Father. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. <A name="43"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. <A name="46"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. <A name="49"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’ <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> See <a href="../daniel/9.htm#27">Daniel 9:27</a>, <a href="../daniel/11.htm#31">Daniel 11:31</a>, and <a href="../daniel/12.htm#11">Daniel 12:11</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>and the celestial bodies will be shaken</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../isaiah/13.htm#10">Isaiah 13:10</a>, <a href="../isaiah/34.htm#4">Isaiah 34:4</a>, and <a href="../joel/2.htm#10">Joel 2:10</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">30</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the sky</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse<br><span class="fnverse">30</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> See <a href="../daniel/7.htm#13">Daniel 7:13–14</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">32</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>this parable</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">33</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>it is near</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">36</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> BYZ and TR do not include <i>nor the Son</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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