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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 24 Mace New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Mace</a> > Matthew 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/23.htm" title="Matthew 23">◄</a> Matthew 24 <a href="../matthew/25.htm" title="Matthew 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/24-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Temple Destruction and Other Signs<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../mark/13.htm">Mark 13:1–8</a>; <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>As Jesus was going from the temple, his disciples came and desired him to take a view of the buildings. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Jesus said to them, observe this vast structure, I tell you for certain, there shall not be any part of it left standing, but it shall be all thrown into ruins.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And when he was upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private, and said, tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of this age?<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, take care not to be deceived by any one:<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ: and shall deceive many. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>ye shall hear likewise of wars, and rumours of wars: take care not to be disturb'd: for these things must happen, but the end of the Jewish age is not yet. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>yet all this is but the beginning of sorrow.<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 up to torments, and to death: and ye shall be hated by all nations upon my account. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>then shall many relapse, and shall pursue one another with mutual treachery and hatred. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and as iniquity becomes more flagrant, the zeal of many will grow cool. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>but he that shall persevere unto the end, shall be preserved. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, to testify to all nations, that the end will then 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>When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, mention'd by Daniel the prophet, stand about the holy place, (let him that readeth, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>consider it well) let those who are then in Judea, flee into the mountains, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>he that is on the battlements, let him not venture to go in to take any thing out of his house. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>if any man be in the field, let him not return back to take his coat. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>unhappy will they be that are with child, and they that give suck in those days. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>be sure to pray that your flight be not in the winter, nor on the sabbath-day: <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>for the desolation will be so dreadful, the like was never seen since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be again. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>for unless the time was to be short, very few could escape, but for the sake of the converts the time shall be short. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then if any shall cry, the Messiah is here, or he is there: give no credit to it. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall shew such astonishing miracles and prodigies, as to deceive, if that can do it, the very converts themselves. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>remember, I have forewarn'd you.<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>wherefore, if they shall say to you, now he is in the desert, do not stir: or now, he is in the secret chambers, believe them not. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>for as the lightning darts from the east in an instant to the west: such shall the advent of the son of man be. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>for whereever the carcase is, there will the eagles be assembled.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkned, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 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>then shall that sign, the son of man in the clouds of heaven, appear: and all the tribes of the land shall mourn, and they shall see the son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great 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, who with the shrill sound of a trumpet, shall gather together his select from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other.<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>this may be illustrated by a comparison taken from a fig-tree: when the branches become tender, and push out their leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>in like manner, when ye shall see all these things happen, know that he is come to your very doors. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>I declare unto you, the present generation shall not cease, till all these things are pass'd. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>heaven and earth may fail, but my words shall never fail.<p> <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">Readiness at Any Hour<br /><span class="cross">(<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>As to the day and hour, that no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the father only. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>as the days of Noe were, so shall also the advent of the son of man be. <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>for as at the time that usher'd in the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying themselves and their children, till the day that Noe entred into the ark, <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>having no thoughts of the flood till it came, and swept them all away; so shall also the advent of the son of man be. <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>of two persons, who shall be then in the field, one shall 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 shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left.<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 at what hour your Lord shall come. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open. <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect.<p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>If then there be a servant, appointed by his master to take care of his family, who faithfully and prudently distributes their allowance according to the establishment: happy is the servant, <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>who shall be found so employed, at his master's return. <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>I tell you, he shall make him steward of all his estate. <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>but if he be dishonest, and says to himself, my Lord delays coming, <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots: <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 in a day when he least expects it, and at an hour he is not aware of; <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/24-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>and shall turn him out of the family, and give him the reward due to such behaviour: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>