Matthew 24:21-29

21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

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 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25 See, I have told you ahead of time.

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 lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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.’^[a]

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 5:9; Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2
• 2. ver 24,31
• 3. Luke 17:23; Luke 21:8
• 4. Exodus 7:11,22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11; Revelation 13:13; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:20
• 5. Luke 17:24
• 6. S Luke 17:30
• 7. S Matthew 8:20
• 8. Luke 17:37
• 9. Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4; Ezekiel 32:7; Joel 2:10,31; Zephaniah 1:15; Revelation 6:12,13; Revelation 8:12

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 13:10; 34:4