24:1 Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way ①when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.
▷ ①Lit and
24:2 But He responded and said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
24:3 And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the ①end of the age?”
▷ ①Or consummation
24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one ①misleads you.
▷ ①Or deceives
24:5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ①Christ,’ and they will ②mislead many people.
▷ ①I.e., Messiah ②Or deceive
24:6 And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.
24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
24:8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.
24:9 “Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
24:10 And at that time many will ①fall away, and they will ②betray one another and hate one another.
▷ ①I.e., from the faith ②Or hand over
24:11 And many false prophets will rise up and ①mislead many people.
▷ ①Or deceive
24:12 And because lawlessness is increased, ①most people’s love will become cold.
▷ ①Lit the love of the many
24:13 But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved.
24:14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole ①world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
▷ ①Lit inhabited earth
24:15 “Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place— ①let the ②reader understand—
▷ ①Or the reader is to understand ②I.e., the reader of Daniel
24:16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.
24:17 ①Whoever is on the ②housetop must not go down to get things out of his house.
▷ ①Lit The one who ②Housetops were flat living areas
24:18 And ①whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
▷ ①Lit the one who
24:19 But woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
24:20 Moreover, pray that ①when you flee, it will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.
▷ ①Lit your flight will not be
24:21 For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.
24:22 And if those days had not been cut short, no ①life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ②elect those days will be cut short.
▷ ①Lit flesh ②Or chosen ones
24:23 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ①Christ,’ or ‘He is over here,’ do not believe him.
▷ ①I.e., Messiah
24:24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great ①signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the ②elect.
▷ ①I.e., confirming miracles ②Or chosen ones
24:25 Behold, I have told you in advance.
24:26 So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.
24:27 For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man ①be.
▷ ①I.e., be visible everywhere
24:28 Wherever the corpse is, there the ①vultures will gather.
▷ ①Or eagles
24:29 “But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
24:30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.
24:31 And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET BLAST, and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His ①elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
▷ ①Or chosen ones
24:32 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near;
24:33 so you too, when you see all these things, ①recognize that ②He is near, right at the ③door.
▷ ①Or know ②Or it ③Lit doors
24:34 Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.
24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
24:36 “But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.
24:37 For ①the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
▷ ①Lit just like the days...so will be
24:38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
24:39 and they did not ①understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
▷ ①Lit know
24:40 At that time there will be two men in the field; one ①will be taken and one ②will be left.
▷ ①Lit is ②Lit is
24:41 Two women will be grinding at the ①mill; one ②will be taken and one ③will be left.
▷ ①I.e., handmill ②Lit is ③Lit is
24:42 “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
24:43 But ①be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
▷ ①Lit know that
24:44 For this reason you must be ready as well; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
24:45 “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his ①master put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time?
▷ ①Or lord
24:46 Blessed is that slave whom his ①master finds so doing when he comes.
▷ ①Or lord
24:47 Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
24:48 But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ①master ②is not coming for a long time,’
▷ ①Or lord ②Lit lingers
24:49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk;
24:50 then the ①master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know,
▷ ①Or lord
24:51 and he will ①cut him in two and assign ②him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
▷ ①Possibly referring to other extreme punishment ②Lit his portion with