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Matthew 24:1-31

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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.
1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.
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.
2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will 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?
3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,Take heed that no man deceive you.
4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will 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.
6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
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.
9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
13 but the one who stands firm to the end will 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.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will 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:)
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house.
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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.
21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
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.
22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
23 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.
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.
24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
25 See, I have told you ahead of time.
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.
26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
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.
27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
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:
29 “Immediately after the distress 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 heavenly bodies will 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.
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earthwill mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on 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.
31 And he will send 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.
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