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Matthew 24 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Signs of Christ's Return

(Mar 13:1, 2; Luk 21:5, 6 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:1 - And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 - 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.
(Mar 13:3–13; Luk 21:7–19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:3 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:4 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:5 - For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:6 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:7 - For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:8 - All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:10 - And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:11 - And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:12 - And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:13 - But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - 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.

Perilous Times

(Mar 13:14–23; Luk 17:23, 24, 37; 21:20–24 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:15 - 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:)
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:16 - Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:17 - Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:18 - Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:20 - But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 - For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:22 - And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:23 - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:24 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:25 - Behold, I have told you before.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:27 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:28 - For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

The Glorious Return

(Mar 13:24–27; Luk 21:25–28 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:31 - 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.

Parable of the Fig Tree

(Mar 13:28–31; Luk 21:29–33 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:32 - Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:33 - So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:34 - Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:35 - Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
(Mar 13:32–37; Luk 17:26, 27, 34, 35; 21:34–36 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:36 - But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:37 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:38 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:39 - And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:40 - Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:41 - Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Be Ready for His Coming

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:42 - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:43 - But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:44 - Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
(Luk 12:41–48 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 - Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:46 - Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:47 - Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:49 - And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:50 - The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:51 - And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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