Matthew 24

₁And Jesus went out, and departed 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, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

₃And 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? ₄And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. ₅For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. ₆And 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. ₇For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. ₈All these are the beginning of sorrows. ₉Then 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. ₁₀And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. ₁₁And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. ₁₂And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. ₁₃But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. ₁₄And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

₁₅When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) ₁₆then let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains: ₁₇let him which is on the house top 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 woe 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 tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. ₂₂And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. ₂₃Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. ₂₄For 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. ₂₅Behold, I have told you before. ₂₆Wherefore 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. ₂₇For 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. ₂₈For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

₂₉Immediately 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: ₃₀and 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. ₃₁And 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. 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 at the doors. ₃₄Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. ₃₅Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

₃₆But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. ₃₇But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ₃₈For 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, ₃₉and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. ₄₀Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ₄₁Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

₄₂Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. ₄₃But 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. ₄₄Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. ₄₅Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? ₄₆Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. ₄₇Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. ₄₈But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth 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 cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.