Matthew 24–25

24And ^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, ^c(whoso readeth, let him understand:) ¹⁶Then let them which be in Judaea 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 ye 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 aware of, ⁵¹And shall ^||icut him asunder, and appoint him his portion ^kwith the hypocrites: ^lthere shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

25Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ^aten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet ^bthe bridegroom. ^2cAnd five of them were ^dwise, and five were ^efoolish. ³They that were ^efoolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: ⁴But the ^dwise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵While the bridegroom ^ftarried, they all ^gslumbered and ^hslept. ⁶And at midnight there was ⁱa cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. ⁷Then all those virgins arose, and ^ktrimmed their lamps. ⁸And the ^efoolish said unto the ^dwise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are ^||gone out. ⁹But the ^dwise answered, saying, Not so; ^llest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and ^mthey that were ready went in with him to the ⁿmarriage: and ^othe door was shut. ¹¹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, ^opLord, Lord, open to us. ¹²But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, ^qI know you not. ^13rWatch therefore, ^rfor ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

^14sFor ^tthe kingdom of heaven is ^tas a man ^utravelling into a far country, who called his ^yown servants, and delivered unto them his goods. ¹⁵And unto one he gave five ^||talents, to another two, and to another one; ^xto every man according to his ^yseveral ability; and straightway ^utook his journey. ¹⁶Then he that had received the five talents went and ^ztraded with the same, and made them other five talents. ¹⁷And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. ¹⁸But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. ¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and ^areckoneth with them. ²⁰And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. ²¹His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been ^aafaithful over a few things, ^bI will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into ^cthe joy of thy lord. ²²He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. ²³His lord said unto him, ^dWell done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. ²⁴Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, ^eI knew thee that thou art an ^fhard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: ²⁵And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast ^gthat is thine. ²⁶His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and ^hslothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: ²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the ⁱexchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. ²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. ^29kFor unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. ³⁰And ^lcast ye the ^munprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³¹ⁿWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the ^oholy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: ³²And ^pbefore him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall ^qseparate them one from another, as a shepherd ^qdivideth his ^rsheep from the goats: ³³And he shall set the sheep ^son his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³⁴Then shall ^tthe King say unto ^uthem on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, ^winherit ^xthe kingdom ^yprepared for you ^zfrom the foundation of the world: ^35aFor I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was ^ba stranger, and ye ^ctook me in: ^36dNaked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye ^evisited me: ^fI was in prison, and ye came unto me. ³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? ³⁸When saw we thee a stranger, and…