CHAPTER 24
As
Jesus
left
the
temple
and was walking away,
His
disciples
came up to Him
to point out
its
buildings.
“Do you see
all
these things?”
He replied.
“Truly
I tell
you,
not
one stone
here
will be left
on
another;
every one
will be toppled.”
While
Jesus
was sitting
on
the
Mount
of Olives,
the
disciples
came to
Him
privately.
“Tell
us,”
they said,
“when will
all this
happen,
and
what will be
the
sign
of Your
coming
and
of the end
of the
age?”
You will
hear of
wars
and
rumors
of wars,
but see to it
that you are not alarmed.
These things
must
happen,
but
the
end
is
still to come.
Nation
will rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
There will be
famines
and
earthquakes
in
various places.
Then
they will hand
you
over to
be persecuted
and
killed,
and
you will be
hated
by
all
nations
on account of
My
name.
And
this
gospel
of the
kingdom
will be preached
in
all
the
world
as
a testimony
to all
nations,
and
then
the
end
will come.
So
when
you see
standing
in
the holy
place
‘the
abomination
of desolation,’
described
by
the
prophet
Daniel
(let the
reader
understand),
For
at that time
there will be
great
tribulation,
unmatched
from
the beginning
of the world
until
now,
and
never
to be seen again.
If
those
days
had not been cut short,
nobody
would be saved.
But
for the sake of
the
elect,
those
days
will be shortened.
At that time,
if
anyone
says
to you,
‘Look,
here is
the
Christ!’
or
‘There He is,’
do not
believe it.
For
false Christs
and
false prophets
will appear
and
perform
great
signs
and
wonders
that
would deceive
even
the
elect,
if
that were possible.
So
if
they tell
you,
‘There
He is
in
the
wilderness,’
do not
go out;
or, ‘Here
He is in
the
inner rooms,’
do not
believe it.
For
just as
the
lightning
comes
from
the east
and
flashes
as far as
the west,
so
will be
the
coming
of the
Son
of Man.
Immediately
after
the
tribulation
of those
days:
‘The
sun
will be darkened,
and
the
moon
will not give
its
light;
the
stars
will fall
from
the
sky,
and
the
powers
of the
heavens
will be shaken.'
At that time
the
sign
of the
Son
of Man
will appear
in
heaven,
and
all
the
tribes
of the
earth
will mourn.
They will see
the
Son
of Man
coming
on
the
clouds
of heaven,
with
power
and
great
glory.
And
He will send out
His
angels
with
a loud
trumpet call,
and
they will gather
His
elect
from
the
four
winds,
from
one end
of the heavens
to
the
other.
Now
learn
this
lesson
from
the
fig tree:
As soon as
its
branches
become
tender
and
sprout
leaves,
you know
that
summer
is near.
No one
knows
about
that
day
or
hour,
not even
the
angels
in heaven,
nor
the
Son,
but
only
the
Father.
For
in
the
days
before
the
flood,
people were
eating
and
drinking,
marrying
and
giving in marriage,
up to
the
day
Noah
entered
the
ark.
And
they were oblivious,
until
the
flood
came
and
swept them all away.
So
will it be
at the
coming
of the
Son
of Man.
But
understand
this:
If
the
owner of the house
had known
in which
watch of the night
the
thief
was coming,
he would have kept watch
and
would not
have let
his
house
be broken into.
For this reason,
you
also
must be
ready,
because
the
Son
of Man
will come
at
an hour when
you do not expect Him.
Who
then
is
the
faithful
and
wise
servant,
whom
the
master
has put in charge
of
his
household,
to give
the others
their
food
at
the proper time?
The
master
of that
servant
will come
on
a day
he does not anticipate
and
at
an hour
he does not expect.
Then
he will cut him to pieces
and
assign
him
a place
with
the
hypocrites,
where there
will be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.