24:1  Jesus came out from the temple and walked away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

24:2  And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will remain upon another, which will not become torn down."

24:3  As He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what can we see as the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"

24:4  And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you.

24:5  "For many will come in My name, saying, 'I proclaim myself as the Christ,' and will mislead many.

24:6  "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you do not become frightened, for those things must take place, but that does not constitute the end.

24:7  "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will come famines and earthquakes.

24:8  "But all these things merely begin the birth pangs.

24:9  "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and all nations will hate you because of My name.

24:10  "At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

24:11  "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

24:12  "Because lawlessness will increase, most people's love will grow cold.

24:13  "But the one who endures to the end, he will receive salvation.

24:14  "This gospel of the kingdom shall become preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

24:15  "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which Daniel the prophet spoke of, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

24:16  then those who dwell in Judea must flee to the mountains.

24:17  "Whoever finds himself on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that he has left in his house.

24:18  "Whoever works in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

24:19  "But woe to those who become pregnant and to those who nurse babies in those days!

24:20  "But pray that your flight will not occur in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

24:21  "For then there will come a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

24:22  "Unless those days had shortened, no life would have received salvation; but for the sake of the elect those days will shorten.

24:23  "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here we find the Christ,' or 'There we find Him,' do not believe him.

24:24  "For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

24:25  "Behold, I have told you in advance.

24:26  "So if they say to you, 'Behold, we see Him in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, we see Him in the inner rooms,' do not believe them.

24:27  "For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man seem.

24:28  "Wherever the corpse lies, there the vultures will gather.

24:29  "But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL DARKEN, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will shake.

24:30  "And then the 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 the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

24:31  "And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

24:32  "Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer draws near;

24:33  so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He draws near, right at the door.

24:34  "Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

24:35  "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

24:36  "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

24:37  "For the coming of the Son of Man will resemble the days of Noah.

24:38  "For as in those days before the flood they ate and drank, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

24:39  and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man occur.

24:40  "Then two men will work in the field; God will take one and leave the other.

24:41  "Two women will grind at the mill; God will take one and leave the other.

24:42  "Therefore stay alert, for you do not know which day your Lord comes.

24:43  "But have certainty of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief had come, he would have stayed alert and would not have allowed the thief to break into his house.

24:44  "For this reason you also must remain ready; for the Son of Man comes at an hour when you do not think He will.

24:45  "Who then serves as the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

24:46  "Blessings accrue to that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

24:47  "Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

24:48  "But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master will not come for a long time,'

24:49  and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

24:50  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,

24:51  and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there people will weep and gnash their teeth.