Matthew 24:29-51

The Glorious Return

29 "But immediately after the ¹tribulation of those days ²THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND ³THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30 "And then ⁴the 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 ⁵the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

31 "And ⁶He will send forth His angels with ⁷A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His ⁸elect from ⁹the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Parable of the Fig Tree

32 "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

33 so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right ¹⁰at the door.

34 "Truly I say to you, ¹¹this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

35 "¹²Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

36 "But ¹³of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

37 "For the ¹⁴coming of the Son of Man will be ¹⁵just like the days of Noah.

38 "For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ¹⁶marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ¹⁷Noah entered the ark,

39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ¹⁸coming of the Son of Man be.

40 "Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

41 "¹⁹Two women will be grinding at the ²⁰mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

42 "Therefore ²¹be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

43 "But be sure of this, that ²²if the head of the house had known ²³at 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.

44 "For this reason ²⁴you also must be ready; for ²⁵the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

45 "²⁶Who then is the ²⁷faithful and ²⁸sensible slave whom his master ²⁹put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

46 "Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

47 "Truly I say to you that ³⁰he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,'

49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

50 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

51 and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ³¹weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Cross References 31

1. Matthew 24:21
2. 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
3. Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:13
4. Matthew 24:3; Revelation 1:7
5. Daniel 7:13; Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 37, 39
6. Matthew 13:41
7. Exodus 19:16; Deuteronomy 30:4; Isaiah 27:13; Zechariah 9:14; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Hebrews 12:19; Revelation 8:2; Revelation 11:15
8. Matthew 24:22
9. Daniel 7:2; Zechariah 2:6; Revelation 7:1
10. James 5:9; Revelation 3:20
11. Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:36
12. Matthew 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33
13. Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7
14. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 39
15. Genesis 6:5; Genesis 7:6-23; Luke 17:26
16. Matthew 22:30
17. Genesis 7:7
18. Matthew 16:27; Matthew 24:3, 30, 37
19. Luke 17:35
20. Exodus 11:5; Deuteronomy 24:6; Isaiah 47:2
21. Matthew 24:43, 44; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
22. Matthew 24:42, 44; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
23. Matthew 14:25; Mark 6:48; Mark 13:35; Luke 12:38
24. Matthew 24:42, 43; Matthew 25:10, 13; Luke 12:39; Luke 21:36
25. Matthew 24:27
26. Matthew 24:45-51: {Luke 12:42-46}
27. Matthew 25:21, 23; Luke 16:10
28. Matthew 7:24; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 25:2f
29. Matthew 25:21, 23
30. Matthew 25:21, 23
31. Matthew 8:12

Footnotes 23

[a]. Or "heaven"
[b]. Or "heaven"
[c]. Or "chosen ones"
[d]. Or "know"
[e]. Or "it"
[f]. Lit "doors"
[g]. Or "race"
[h]. Lit "just as...were the days"
[i]. Lit "know"
[j]. Lit "is"
[k]. Lit "is"
[l]. I.e. handmill
[m]. Lit "is"
[n]. Lit "is"
[o]. Lit "know this"
[p]. Lit "dug through"
[q]. Or "lord"
[r]. Or "lord"
[s]. Or "lord"
[t]. Lit "lingers"
[u]. Or "lord"
[v]. Or "severely scourge him"
[w]. Lit "appoint his portion"