Matthew 24

1Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.Cross-references: Jer 6:8 · Ezek 8:6 · Ezek 10:17 · Ezek 11:22 · Hos 9:12 · Matt 21:23 · +4 more

2But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”Cross-references: 1Ki 9:7 · Jer 26:18 · Ezek 7:20 · Dan 9:26 · Mic 3:12 · Luke 19:44 · +1 more

3As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?”Cross-references: Dan 12:6 · Matt 13:10 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 13:39 · Matt 13:49 · Matt 15:12 · +14 more

4Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.Cross-references: Jer 29:8 · Mark 13:5 · Mark 13:22 · Luke 21:8 · 2Cor 11:13 · Eph 4:14 · +6 more

5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.Cross-references: Jer 14:14 · Jer 23:21 · Jer 23:25 · Matt 24:11 · Matt 24:24 · John 5:43 · +4 more

6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.Cross-references: Ps 27:1 · Ps 46:1 · Ps 112:7 · Isa 8:12 · Isa 12:2 · Isa 26:3 · +23 more

7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.Cross-references: 2Chr 15:6 · Isa 9:19 · Isa 19:2 · Isa 24:19 · Ezek 14:21 · Ezek 21:27 · +11 more

8But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.Cross-references: Lev 26:18 · Deut 28:59 · Isa 9:12 · Isa 9:17 · Isa 9:21 · Isa 10:4 · +2 more

9“Then they will deliver you up to oppression and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.Cross-references: Matt 10:17 · Matt 22:6 · Matt 23:34 · Mark 13:9 · Luke 11:49 · Luke 21:12 · +16 more

10Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.Cross-references: Mic 7:5 · Matt 10:21 · Matt 10:35 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 13:21 · Matt 13:57 · +10 more

11Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.Cross-references: Matt 7:15 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:24 · Mark 13:22 · Acts 20:30 · 1Tim 4:1 · +6 more

12Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.Cross-references: James 4:1 · James 5:1 · Rev 2:4 · Rev 2:10 · Rev 3:15

13But he who endures to the end will be saved.Cross-references: Matt 10:22 · Matt 24:6 · Mark 13:13 · Luke 8:15 · Rom 2:7 · 1Cor 1:8 · +4 more

14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.Cross-references: Ezek 7:5 · Ezek 7:10 · Matt 4:23 · Matt 9:35 · Matt 10:7 · Matt 18:19 · +18 more

15“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),Cross-references: Ezek 40:4 · Dan 9:23 · Dan 9:25 · Dan 9:27 · Dan 10:12 · Dan 11:31 · +10 more

16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.Cross-references: Gen 19:15 · Ex 9:20 · Prov 22:3 · Jer 6:1 · Jer 37:11 · Luke 21:21 · +1 more

17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.Cross-references: Deut 22:8 · 1Sam 9:25 · Job 2:4 · Prov 6:4 · Matt 6:25 · Matt 10:27 · +5 more

18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

19But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!Cross-references: Deut 28:53 · 2Sam 4:4 · 2Ki 15:16 · Lam 4:3 · Lam 4:10 · Hos 13:16 · +3 more

20Pray that your flight will not be in the winter nor on a Sabbath,Cross-references: Ex 16:29 · Acts 1:12

21for then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.Cross-references: Ps 69:22 · Isa 65:12 · Isa 66:15 · Dan 9:26 · Dan 12:1 · Joel 1:2 · +10 more

22Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.Cross-references: Isa 6:13 · Isa 65:8 · Zech 13:8 · Zech 14:2 · Matt 22:14 · Matt 24:24 · +6 more

23“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There!’ don’t believe it.Cross-references: Deut 13:1 · Mark 13:21 · Luke 17:23 · Luke 21:8 · John 5:43

24For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.Cross-references: Deut 13:1 · Matt 7:15 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:11 · Mark 13:22 · John 6:37 · +16 more

25“Behold, I have told you beforehand.Cross-references: Isa 44:7 · Isa 46:10 · Isa 48:5 · Luke 21:13 · John 16:1

26“If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.Cross-references: Isa 40:3 · Matt 3:1 · Luke 3:2 · Acts 21:38Examined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.Cross-references: Job 37:3 · Job 38:35 · Isa 30:30 · Zech 9:14 · Mal 3:2 · Mal 4:5 · +8 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

28For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.Cross-references: Deut 28:49 · Job 39:27 · Jer 16:16 · Amos 9:1 · Luke 17:37

29“But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;Cross-references: Isa 13:10 · Isa 24:23 · Isa 34:4 · Jer 4:23 · Ezek 32:7 · Dan 7:11 · +14 more

30and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.Cross-references: Dan 7:13 · Zech 12:10 · Matt 16:27 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 26:64 · Mark 13:4 · +7 more

31He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.Cross-references: Num 10:1 · Deut 30:4 · Ps 22:27 · Ps 67:7 · Ps 81:3 · Isa 11:12 · +31 more

32“Now from the fig tree learn this parable: When its branch has now become tender and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.Cross-references: Mark 13:28 · Luke 21:29

33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that he is near, even at the doors.Cross-references: Ezek 7:2 · Heb 10:37 · James 5:9 · 1Pet 4:7 · Rev 3:20

34Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.Cross-references: Matt 12:45 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 23:36 · Mark 13:30 · Luke 11:50 · Luke 21:32

35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.Cross-references: Num 23:19 · Ps 19:7 · Ps 89:34 · Ps 102:26 · Prov 30:5 · Isa 34:4 · +13 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

36“But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.Cross-references: Zech 14:7 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:44 · Matt 25:13 · Mark 13:32 · Acts 1:7 · +4 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

37As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.Cross-references: Gen 6:1 · Gen 7:6 · Job 22:15 · Matt 24:39 · Luke 17:26 · Heb 11:7 · +3 more

38For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,Cross-references: Gen 6:2 · Gen 7:7 · 1Sam 25:36 · 1Sam 30:16 · Isa 22:12 · Ezek 16:49 · +9 more

39and they didn’t know until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.Cross-references: Judg 20:34 · Prov 23:35 · Prov 24:12 · Prov 29:7 · Isa 42:25 · Isa 44:18 · +7 more

40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.Cross-references: 2Chr 33:12 · Luke 17:34 · Luke 23:39 · 1Cor 4:7 · 2Pet 2:5 · 2Pet 2:7

41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.Cross-references: Ex 11:5 · Isa 47:2 · Luke 17:35

42Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.Cross-references: Matt 24:36 · Matt 24:44 · Matt 25:13 · Matt 26:38 · Mark 13:33 · Luke 12:35 · +8 more

43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.Cross-references: Ex 22:2 · Prov 7:19 · Matt 20:11 · Matt 24:44 · Luke 12:39 · 1Thess 5:2 · +1 more

44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.Cross-references: Matt 24:27 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 25:10 · Matt 25:13 · Luke 12:40 · Phil 4:5 · +2 more

45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?Cross-references: Ezek 34:2 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 13:52 · Matt 25:2 · Matt 25:21 · +16 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

46Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.Cross-references: Matt 25:34 · Luke 12:37 · Luke 12:43 · Phil 1:21 · 2Tim 4:6 · 2Pet 1:13 · +2 more

47Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.Cross-references: Dan 12:3 · Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Luke 12:37 · Luke 12:44 · Luke 19:17 · +6 more

48But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’Cross-references: Deut 9:4 · Deut 15:9 · 2Ki 5:26 · Eccl 8:11 · Isa 32:6 · Ezek 12:22 · +10 more

49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,Cross-references: 1Sam 2:13 · 1Sam 2:29 · Isa 56:12 · Isa 66:5 · Ezek 34:3 · Mic 3:5 · +12 more

50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,Cross-references: Prov 29:1 · Matt 24:42 · 1Thess 5:2 · Rev 3:3

51and will cut him in pieces and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.Cross-references: Job 20:29 · Isa 33:14 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 25:30 · Luke 12:46 · +1 more