Matthew 24

And ^aJesus went out, and ^bdeparted from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. ²And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, ^cThere shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. ³And as he sat upon ^dthe mount of Olives, ^ethe disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of ^fthe end of the world? ⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, ^gTake heed that no man deceive you. ⁵For ^hmany shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; ⁱand shall deceive many. ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ^kye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁷For ^lnation shall rise against nation, and ^mkingdom against kingdom: and there shall be ⁿfamines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. ⁸All these are the beginning of ^osorrows.

^9pThen shall they deliver you up ^qto be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. ¹⁰And then shall many ^rbe offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ¹¹And many ^sfalse prophets shall rise, and ^tshall deceive many. ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. ^13uBut he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. ¹⁴And this ^xgospel of the kingdom ^yshall be preached in all ^zthe world ^zzfor a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

¹⁵When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by ^aDaniel the prophet, stand in ^bthe holy place, (^cwhoso readeth, let him understand:) ¹⁶then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: ^17dlet him which is on the ^ehousetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: ¹⁸neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. ¹⁹And ^fwoe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days. ²⁰But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: ²¹for then shall be great ^gtribulation, ^ghsuch as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²²And except ⁱthose days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for ^kthe elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. ²³Then ^lif any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. ²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and ^mfalse prophets, and ⁿshall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very ^kelect. ²⁵Behold, I have told you before. ²⁶Wherefore if ^othey shall say unto you, Behold, he is in ^pthe desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the ^qsecret chambers; believe it not. ^27rFor 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. ^28sFor wheresoever the ^sscarcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹Immediately after the ^ttribulation of those days ^ushall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and ^wthe stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: ³⁰and then ^xshall appear ^ythe sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall ^zall the tribes of ^zathe earth mourn, and they shall see ^bthe Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with ^bbpower and great glory. ³¹And ^che shall send his angels with a great sound of a ^dtrumpet, and they shall gather together his ^eelect from the four winds, ^ffrom one end of heaven to the other. ³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: ³³so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even ^gat the doors. ³⁴Verily I say unto you, ^hThis generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. ³⁵ⁱHeaven and earth shall pass away, but ^kmy words shall not pass away.

³⁶But of ^lthat day and hour ^mknoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, ⁿbut my Father only. ³⁷But ^oas the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ³⁸For ^pas in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^qmarrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ^40rThen shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ^41sTwo women shall be grinding ^tat the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ^42uWatch therefore: ^wfor ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

^43xBut know this, that if the ^ygoodman of the house had known in what watch ^zthe thief would come, he would have ^uwatched, and would not have suffered his house to be ^abroken up. ⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ^bready: ^wfor in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh. ^45cWho then is a ^dffaithful and ^ddwise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? ^46eBlessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, That ^fhe shall make him ruler over all his goods. ^48gBut and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord ^hdelayeth his coming; ⁴⁹and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; ⁵⁰the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not ware of, ⁵¹and shall ⁱcut him asunder, and appoint him his portion ^kwith the hypocrites: ^lthere shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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