Matthew 24:19-29

19 "But ¹woe 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 ²great 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 ³the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

23 "⁴Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him.

24 "For false Christs and ⁵false prophets will arise and will show great ⁶signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even ⁷the 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 "⁸For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the ⁹coming of the ¹⁰Son of Man be.

28 "¹¹Wherever * the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

29 "But immediately after the ¹²tribulation of those days ¹³THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND ¹⁴THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 23:29
• 2. Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Matthew 24:29
• 3. Matthew 22:14; Matthew 24:24, 31; Luke 18:7
• 4. Luke 17:23
• 5. Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11
• 6. John 4:48; 2 Thessalonians 2:9
• 7. Matthew 22:14; Matthew 24:22, 31; Luke 18:7
• 8. Luke 17:24
• 9. Matt 24:3, 37, 39
• 10. Matthew 8:20
• 11. Job 39:30; Ezekiel 39:17; Habakkuk 1:8; Luke 17:37
• 12. Matthew 24:21
• 13. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 24:23; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; Joel 3:15; Amos 5:20; Amos 8:9; Zephaniah 1:15; Matthew 24:29-35; Acts 2:20; Revelation 6:12-17; Revelation 8:12
• 14. Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "flesh"
• [b]. Or "chosen ones"
• [c]. I.e. Messiah
• [d]. Lit "here"
• [e]. Lit "give"
• [f]. Or "attesting miracles"
• [g]. Or "chosen ones"
• [h]. Or "eagles"
• [i]. Or "heaven"
• [j]. Or "heaven"