“1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples
came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus
said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you,
There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples
came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be?
and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the
world?”
“4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see
that ye be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but
the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these [are] the beginning of
sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall
kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall
hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall
deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many
shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall
be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the
mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any
thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return
back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and
to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be
not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be
great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to
this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake
those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you,
Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not. 24 For there shall
arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and
wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the
very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they
shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold,
[he is] in the secret chambers; believe [it] not. 27 For 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. 28 For wheresoever the
carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately
after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the
moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and
the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the
sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his angels with
a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
“32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh: 33 So
likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near,
[even] at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not
pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour
knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37
But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took
them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then
shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,
and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your
Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had
known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and
would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye
also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made
ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed
[is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth
his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat
and drink with the drunken; 50 The 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, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew
24:1-51 AV)
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