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Chapter 24 |
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| 1: And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. | THEN Jesus with the twelve went forth and
sat upon Mount Olives, just beyond the city's gate. 2) And his disciples said, Behold the wondrous city of Jerusalem! its homes are all so beautiful! its temples and its shrines are clothed in such magnificence! |
| 2: And Jesus said to 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. | 3) And Jesus said, The city is the glory of my people, Israel, but, lo, the time will come when every stone will be cast down, and it will be a hiss and byword for the nations of the earth. |
| 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? | 4) And the disciples asked, When will this desolation come? |
| 4: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. | |
| 5: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. | |
| 6: And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. |
5) And Jesus said, This round of human life will not be full until the armies of the conqueror will thunder at her gates, and they will enter in, and blood will flow like water through the streets. 6)
And all the precious furnishings of the temple, court and palaces will be
destroyed, or carried off to deck the palaces and courts of kings. |
| 7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. | |
| 8: All these are the beginning of sorrows. | |
| 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. | Before they
come, lo, you shall be maltreated by the scribes and Pharisees, the high
priests and the doctors of the law. 8) Without a cause you will be haled into courts; you will be stoned; you will be beaten in the synagogues; will stand condemned before the rulers of this world, and governors and kings will sentence you to death. |
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falter not, and you will testify for truth and righteousness. 10) And in these hours be anxious not about your speech; you need not think of what to say; 11) For, lo, the Holy Breath will overshadow you and give you words to say. |
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| 10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. | 12) But then
the carnage will go on, and men will think that they are pleasing God by
killing you, and nations far and near will hate you for the sake of Christ.
13) And men will stir up evil thought among your kin, and they will hate you and will give you up to die. |
| 11: And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. | 14) And brothers will be false to brothers; fathers will stand forth and testify against their own, and children will drive parents to the funeral pile. |
| 12: And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. | |
| 13: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall 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. | |
| 15: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso reads this, let him understand:) | 15) When you shall hear the Roman eagle screaming in the air, and see his legions streaming o'er the plain, then know the desolation of Jerusalem is near. |
| 16: Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: | 16) Then let the wise wait not, but flee. |
| 17: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: | Let him who is upon his house wait not to enter in the house to gather up his wealth, but let him flee. |
| 18: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. | 17) And he who labors in the field must not return, but leave his all to save his life. |
| 19: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! | 18) And woe to mothers with their little children in that day; none shall escape the sword. |
| 20: But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: | |
| 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. | 19) The tribulation of these days cannot be told in words, for such has never been since God created man upon the earth. |
| 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. | |
| 23: Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. | 31) Before these days shall come, behold, false Christs and poor deluded prophets will arise in many lands. |
| 24: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. | 32) And they will show forth signs, and do a multitude of mighty works; and they will lead astray the many who are not wise; and many of the wise will be deceived. |
| 25: Behold, I have told you before. | 33) And now I tell you once again, |
| 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. | When men shall
say, The Christ is in the wilderness, go you not forth. 34) And if they say, The Christ is in the secret place, believe it not; for when he comes the world will know that he has come. |
| 27: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. | 35) For as the morning light comes from the east and shines unto the west; so shall be the coming of the age and son of man. |
| 28: For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. | |
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20) The conqueror will carry many of the sons of Abraham away as captives into foreign lands, and they who know not Israel's God will tread the highways of Jerusalem until the anti-Jewish times have been fulfilled. |
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| 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: | 21) But when
the people have been punished for their crimes, the tribulation days will
end; but lo, the time will come when all the world will rise, like
gladiators in a ring, and fight just for the sake of shedding blood. 22) And men will reason not; they will not see, nor care to see a cause for carnage, desolation, thefts; for they will war with friend or foe. 23) The very air will seem surcharged with smoke of death; and pestilence will follow close upon the sword. 24) And signs that men have never seen will appear in heaven and earth; in sun, and moon, and stars. 25) The seas will roar, and sounds will come from heaven that men can never comprehend, and these will bring distress of nations with perplexity. |
| 26) Hearts of
the strongest men will faint in fear, in expectation of the coming of more
frightful things upon the earth. 27) But while the conflicts rage on land and sea, the Prince of Peace will stand above the clouds of heaven and say again: 28) Peace, peace on earth; good will to men; and every man will throw away his sword, and nations will learn war no more. |
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| 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. |
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And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of
heaven; the sign and signet of the son of man will stand forth in the
eastern sky. |
| 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. | |
| 32: Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: | |
| 33: So likewise, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. | |
| 34: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. | |
| 35: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. | |
| 36: But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. | 37) Take heed you, O take heed, for you know not the hour nor the day when comes the son of man. |
| 37: But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. | |
| 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 Noah entered into the ark, | 38) Let not your hearts be overcharged with sensuous things, nor with the cares of life, lest that day come and find you unprepared. |
| 39: And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. | |
| 40: Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. | |
| 41: Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. | |
| 42: Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord will come. | 39) Keep watch at every season of the year; and pray that you may meet the Lord with joy and not with grief. |
| 43: But know this, that if the good man 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. | |
| 44: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man comes. | |
| 45: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? | |
| 46: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. | |
| 47: Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. | |
| 48: But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; | |
| 49: And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; | |
| 50: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, | |
| 51: And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | |
| 40) Before these days shall come our Father-God will send his messengers abroad, yea, to the corners of the earth, and they will say. | |
| 41) Prepare
you, O prepare; the Prince of Peace shall come, and now is coming on the
clouds of heaven. 42) When Jesus had thus said, he went with his disciples back to Bethany. |
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