Matthew 24:4-28

4 And Jesus answered and said to them, "¹See to it that no one misleads you.

5 "For ²many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

6 "You will be hearing of ³wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

7 "For ⁴nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be ⁵famines and earthquakes.

8 "⁶But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

9 "⁷Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and ⁸you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10 "At that time many will ⁹fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

11 "Many ¹⁰false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

12 "Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.

13 "¹¹But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

14 "This ¹²gospel of the kingdom ¹³shall be preached in the whole ¹⁴world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

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15 "Therefore when you see the ¹⁵ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in ¹⁶the holy place (¹⁷let the reader understand ),

16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

17 "Whoever is on ¹⁸the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back * to get his cloak.

19 "But ¹⁹woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

20 "But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

21 "For then there will be a ²⁰great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever * will.

22 "Unless those days had been cut short, no * life would have been saved; but for ²¹the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

23 "²²Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him.

24 "For false Christs and ²³false prophets will arise and will show great ²⁴signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even ²⁵the elect.

25 "Behold, I have told you in advance.

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.

27 "²⁶For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the ²⁷coming of the ²⁸Son of Man be.

28 "²⁹Wherever * the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

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Cross References 29

1. Jeremiah 29:8
2. Matthew 24:11, 24; Acts 5:36; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:3
3. Revelation 6:4
4. 2 Chronicles 15:6; Isaiah 19:2; Revelation 6:8, 12
5. Acts 11:28; Revelation 6:5, 6
6. Matthew 24:8-20; Luke 21:12-24
7. Matthew 10:17; John 16:2
8. Matthew 10:22; John 15:18f
9. Matthew 11:6
10. Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:24
11. Matthew 10:22
12. Matthew 4:23
13. Romans 10:18; Colossians 1:6, 23
14. Luke 2:1; Luke 4:5; Acts 11:28; Acts 17:6, 31; Acts 19:27; Romans 10:18; Hebrews 1:6; Hebrews 2:5; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 16:14
15. Daniel 9:27; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11
16. Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; John 11:48; Acts 6:13; Acts 21:28
17. Mark 13:14; Revelation 1:3
18. 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2; Matthew 10:27; Luke 5:19; Luke 12:3; Luke 17:31; Acts 10:9
19. Luke 23:29
20. Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matthew 24:29
21. Matthew 22:14; Matthew 24:24, 31; Luke 18:7
22. Luke 17:23
23. Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11
24. John 4:48; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
25. Matthew 22:14; Matthew 24:22, 31; Luke 18:7
26. Luke 17:24
27. Matt 24:3, 37, 39
28. Matthew 8:20
29. Job 39:30; Ezekiel 39:17; Habakkuk 1:8; Luke 17:37

Footnotes 15

[a]. I.e. the Messiah
[b]. Lit "be caused to stumble"
[c]. Or "hand over"
[d]. Lit "the love of many"
[e]. Lit "inhabited earth"
[f]. Lit "He who"
[g]. Lit "He who"
[h]. Lit "flesh"
[i]. Or "chosen ones"
[j]. I.e. Messiah
[k]. Lit "here"
[l]. Lit "give"
[m]. Or "attesting miracles"
[n]. Or "chosen ones"
[o]. Or "eagles"

Matthew 24:4-28

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