Matthew 24 Free Bible Version
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1 As Jesus was leaving the Temple his disciples came to him, pointing proudly to the Temple buildings.
1 Καὶ ἐξελθὼν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐπορεύετο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ· καὶ προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπιδεῖξαι αὐτῷ τὰς οἰκοδομὰς τοῦ ἱεροῦ.
2 But Jesus replied, “You see all these buildings? I tell you the truth: there won't be one stone left upon another. Every last one will come crashing down!”
2 ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· οὐ βλέπετε ταῦτα πάντα; ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.
3 As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private, and asked, “Please tell us when this will happen. What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the world?”
3 καθημένου δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρους τῶν ἐλαιῶν προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ κατ᾽ ἰδίαν λέγοντες· εἰπὲ ἡμῖν πότε ταῦτα ἔσται, καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον τῆς σῆς παρουσίας καὶ τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος;
4 “Make sure no one misleads you,” Jesus replied.
4 καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς πλανήσῃ.
5 “Many will come claiming to be me, saying, ‘I'm the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many people.
5 πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες, ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Χριστός, καὶ πολλοὺς πλανήσουσι.
6 You'll hear about wars, and rumors about wars, but don't be anxious. These things have to happen, but this isn't the end.
6 μελλήσετε δὲ ἀκούειν πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων· ὁρᾶτε μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ πάντα γενέσθαι, ἀλλ᾽ οὔπω ἐστὶ τὸ τέλος.
7 Nations will attack other nations, and kingdoms will fight against other kingdoms. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places,
7 ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους·
8 but all these things are just the beginnings of birth pains.
8 πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων.
9 Then they will arrest you, they will persecute you, and they will kill you. All people will hate you because of me.
9 τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.
10 At that time many believers will give up believing. They will betray one another and hate one another.
10 καὶ τότε σκανδαλισθήσονται πολλοὶ καὶ ἀλλήλους παραδώσουσι καὶ μισήσουσιν ἀλλήλους.
11 Many false prophets will come and deceive many people.
11 καὶ πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐγερθήσονται καὶ πλανήσουσι πολλούς,
12 The increasing evil will lead the love of many to grow cold,
12 καὶ διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν.
13 but those who hold out to the end will be saved.
13 ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται.
14 The good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed around the whole world so everyone will be able to hear it, and then the end will come.
14 καὶ κηρυχθήσεται τοῦτο τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ οἰκουμένῃ εἰς μαρτύριον πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι, καὶ τότε ἥξει τὸ τέλος.
15 So when you see the ‘idolatry that causes devastation’ standing in the holy place that the prophet Daniel spoke about (those who read this please consider carefully),
15 Ὅταν οὖν ἴδητε τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Δανιὴλ τοῦ προφήτου ἑστὼς ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ — ὁ ἀναγινώσκων νοείτω —
16 then the people living in Judea should run away to the mountains.
16 τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη,
17 Anyone who is on the housetop must not go down and fetch what's in the house.
17 ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος μὴ καταβαινέτω ἆραι τὰ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας αὐτοῦ,
18 Anyone who is out in the fields must not go back to get a coat.
18 καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω ὀπίσω ἆραι τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ.
19 How awful it will be for those who are pregnant, and those who are nursing babies at that time!
19 οὐαὶ δὲ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις.
20 Pray that you don't have to run away in winter, or on the Sabbath day.
20 προσεύχεσθε δὲ ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ φυγὴ ὑμῶν χειμῶνος μηδὲ σαββάτῳ.
21 For at that time there will be terrible persecution—more terrible than anything that has happened from the beginning of the world up till now, and won't ever happen again.
21 ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
22 Unless those days are cut short, nobody will be saved, but for the sake of the chosen those days will be cut short.
22 καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ· διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.
23 So if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here's the Messiah,’ or, ‘There he is,’ don't believe it.
23 τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ, ἰδοὺ ὧδε ὁ Χριστὸς ἢ ὧδε, μὴ πιστεύσητε·
24 For false messiahs will appear, and false prophets too, and they will perform incredible signs and miracles in order to deceive the chosen, if that were possible.
24 ἐγερθήσονται γὰρ ψευδόχριστοι καὶ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ δώσουσι σημεῖα μεγάλα καὶ τέρατα, ὥστε πλανῆσαι, εἰ δυνατόν, καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς.
25 Notice that I've told you this before it even happens.
25 ἰδοὺ προείρηκα ὑμῖν.
26 So if they tell you, ‘Look, he's out in the desert,’ don't go looking there; or if they say, ‘Look, he's secretly here,’ don't believe it.
26 ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν, ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐστί, μὴ ἐξέλθητε, ἰδοὺ ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις, μὴ πιστεύσητε·
27 For the coming of the Son of man will be like the lightning that flashes brightly from east to west.
27 ὥσπερ γὰρ ἡ ἀστραπὴ ἐξέρχεται ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ φαίνεται ἕως δυσμῶν, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου·
28 ‘Vultures gather where the carcass is.’
28 ὅπου γὰρ ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
29 But right after those days of persecution the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
29 Εὐθέως δὲ μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.
30 Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and in brilliant glory.
30 καὶ τότε φανήσεται τὸ σημεῖον τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ τότε κόψονται πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐπὶ τῶν νεφελῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ δόξης πολλῆς.
31 With a blast from a trumpet he will send his angels to gather his chosen ones from every place, from one end of heaven and earth to the other.
31 καὶ ἀποστελεῖ τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ μετὰ σάλπιγγος φωνῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἐπισυνάξουσι τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων ἀπ᾽ ἄκρων οὐρανῶν ἕως ἄκρων αὐτῶν.
32 Learn an illustration from the fig tree. When its shoots become tender and leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is coming.
32 Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν. ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος·
33 In the same way when you see all these things happening, you know that his coming is near, in fact it's right at the door!
33 οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα πάντα, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις.
34 I tell you the truth: this generation won't pass away until all these things have happened.
34 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ἕως ἂν πάντα ταῦτα γένηται.
35 Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words won't pass away.
35 ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσι.
36 But no one knows the day or hour when this will take place, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son. Only the Father knows.
36 Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ μου μόνος.
37 When the Son of man comes it will be like it was during the time of Noah.
37 ὥσπερ δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
38 It will be as in the days before the flood, when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, right up until the day that Noah went into the ark.
38 ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ ἐκγαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθε Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν,
39 They didn't realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That's how the coming of the Son of man will be.
39 καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
40 Two men will be working in the fields. One will be taken, the other left.
40 τότε δύο ἔσονται ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, ὁ εἷς παραλαμβάνεται καὶ ὁ εἷς ἀφίεται·
41 Two women will be grinding grain with a mill. One will be taken, the other left.
41 δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μυλῶνι, μία παραλαμβάνεται καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
42 So stay alert, because you don't know what day your Lord is coming.
42 γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε ποίᾳ ὥρᾳ ὁ Κύριος ὑμῶν ἔρχεται.
43 But consider this: if the house-owner knew what time a thief was coming, he would keep watch. He would not allow his house to be broken into and robbed.
43 Ἐκεῖνο δὲ γινώσκετε ὅτι εἰ ᾔδει ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης ποίᾳ φυλακῇ ὁ κλέπτης ἔρχεται, ἐγρηγόρησεν ἂν καὶ οὐκ ἂν εἴασε διορυγῆναι τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ.
44 You also need to be ready, because the Son of man is coming at a time when you're not expecting him.
44 διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὑμεῖς γίνεσθε ἕτοιμοι, ὅτι ᾗ ὥρᾳ οὐ δοκεῖτε ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεται.
45 For who is the trustworthy and thoughtful servant? It's the one his master puts in charge of his household to provide them with food at the proper time.
45 Τίς ἄρα ἐστὶν ὁ πιστὸς δοῦλος καὶ φρόνιμος, ὃν κατέστησεν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς θεραπείας αὐτοῦ τοῦ διδόναι αὐτοῖς τὴν τροφὴν ἐν καιρῷ;
46 How good it will be for that servant to be found doing that when his master returns!
46 μακάριος ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἐλθὼν ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει ποιοῦντα οὕτως.
47 I tell you the truth: the master will put that servant in charge over everything he has.
47 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ καταστήσει αὐτόν.
48 But if he was evil, the servant would say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time,’
48 ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ κακὸς δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, χρονίζει ὁ κύριός μου ἐλθεῖν,
49 and would start beating the other servants, feasting and drinking with the drunks.
49 καὶ ἄρξηται τύπτειν τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ, ἐσθίῃ δὲ καὶ πίνῃ μετὰ τῶν μεθυόντων,
50 Then that servant's master will return when the man doesn't expect him, at a time he doesn't know.
50 ἥξει ὁ κύριος τοῦ δούλου ἐκείνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει,
51 He'll cut him to pieces, and treat him in the same way as the hypocrites, sending him to a place where there's crying and gnashing of teeth.”
51 καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτόν, καὶ τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ὑποκριτῶν θήσει· ἐκεῖ ἔσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων.
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- 1 Mark 13:1–37; Luke 21:5–36; Ezekiel 8:6; Jeremiah 6:8; John 2:20
- 2 Luke 19:44; Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 3:12; Ezekiel 7:20–22; Daniel 9:26–27
- 3 Mark 13:3–4; Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 13:49
- 4 1 John 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Jeremiah 29:8; Colossians 2:8; Ephesians 5:6
- 5 Matthew 24:24; Matthew 24:11; Jeremiah 14:14; 1 John 2:18; Acts 5:36–37
- 6 Mark 13:7–8; Luke 21:9; John 14:1; 1 Peter 3:14–15; Isaiah 8:12–14
- 7 Luke 21:11; Revelation 6:8; Isaiah 19:2; Zechariah 14:13; Acts 11:28
- 8 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 1 Peter 4:17–18; Deuteronomy 28:59; Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 9:17
- 9 John 16:2; John 15:19–20; Luke 21:16–17; Revelation 2:10; Luke 21:12
- 10 Micah 7:5–6; Mark 13:12; Matthew 11:6; Luke 21:16; Mark 4:17
- 11 Matthew 24:24; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:5; 1 Timothy 4:1; Mark 13:22
- 12 Revelation 2:4–5; James 4:1–4; Revelation 3:15; Revelation 2:10; James 5:1–6
- 13 Matthew 10:22; Mark 13:13; Revelation 2:10; Hebrews 10:39; Hebrews 3:14
- 14 Revelation 14:6; Romans 10:18; Romans 16:25–26; Mark 16:15–16; Luke 24:47
- 15 Daniel 9:27; Daniel 12:11; Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; Daniel 11:31
- 16 Genesis 19:15–17; Hebrews 11:7; Luke 21:21–22; Proverbs 22:3; Exodus 9:20–21
- 17 Luke 17:31–33; Mark 13:15–16; Matthew 10:27; Acts 10:9; Luke 12:3
- 19 Luke 23:29–30; Deuteronomy 28:53–56; Luke 21:23; Mark 13:17–18; Lamentations 4:10
- 20 Exodus 16:29; Acts 1:12
- 21 Daniel 12:1; Joel 2:2; Malachi 4:1; Zechariah 14:2–3; Luke 19:43–44
- 22 Mark 13:20; 2 Timothy 2:10; Matthew 24:24; Matthew 24:31; Luke 18:7
- 23 Luke 21:8; Luke 17:23–24; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Mark 13:21; John 5:43
- 24 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; Mark 13:22; Revelation 13:13–14; Matthew 24:11; 2 Peter 2:1–3
- 25 John 16:1; Luke 21:13; Isaiah 44:7–8; Isaiah 46:10–11; Isaiah 48:5–6
- 27 Luke 17:24–37; Zechariah 9:14; James 5:8; Job 37:3; Malachi 3:2
- 28 Luke 17:37; Job 39:27–30; Amos 9:1–4; Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 16:16
- 29 Amos 8:9; Joel 3:15; Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 24:23; Mark 13:24–25
- 30 Revelation 1:7; Daniel 7:13; Luke 21:27; Acts 1:11; Matthew 26:64
- 31 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Mark 13:27; Isaiah 27:13; 1 Corinthians 15:52; Isaiah 11:12
- 32 Mark 13:28–29; Luke 21:29–30
- 33 James 5:9; Hebrews 10:37; Ezekiel 7:2–14; 1 Peter 4:7; Revelation 3:20
- 34 Mark 13:30–31; Luke 21:32–33; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:36; Luke 11:50
- 35 Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:25; Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 55:11; Matthew 5:18
- 36 Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7; Matthew 24:44; 2 Peter 3:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:2
- 37 Luke 17:26–27; Genesis 6:1–7; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:5; 2 Peter 3:6
- 38 Luke 17:26–28; Romans 13:13–14; Luke 14:18–20; Genesis 6:2; Luke 12:45
- 39 John 3:20; Matthew 24:37; Acts 13:41; Isaiah 44:18–19; Proverbs 24:12
- 40 Luke 17:34–37; 2 Peter 2:7–9; 2 Peter 2:5
- 41 Exodus 11:5; Luke 17:35; Isaiah 47:2
- 42 Luke 21:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Matthew 25:13; Revelation 16:15; 1 Corinthians 16:13
- 43 Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:44; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; 2 Peter 3:10–11; Matthew 20:11
- 44 Matthew 25:10; Matthew 24:42; Matthew 25:13; Luke 12:40; Philippians 4:5
- 45 Matthew 25:21; 1 Corinthians 4:1–2; Matthew 25:23; Luke 12:41–43; Luke 16:10–12
- 46 Revelation 16:15; Luke 12:43; Luke 12:37; 2 Timothy 4:6–8; 2 Peter 1:13–15
- 47 Matthew 25:23; Matthew 25:21; Luke 12:37; Luke 12:44; Luke 19:17
- 48 2 Peter 3:3–5; Matthew 18:32; Luke 12:45; Isaiah 32:6; Mark 7:21
- 49 Micah 3:5; Revelation 17:6; Matthew 7:15; Titus 1:11–12; Ezekiel 34:3
- 50 Revelation 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3; Matthew 24:42–44; Proverbs 29:1
- 51 Matthew 8:12; Luke 12:46; Matthew 22:13; Isaiah 33:14; Job 20:29
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For inasmuch as He said, "Your house is left desolate," and had previously forewarned them of many grievous things; therefore the disciples having heard these things, as though marvelling at it, came unto Him, showing the beauty of the temple, and wondering, if so much beauty was to be destroyed, and materials so costly, and variety of workmanship past utterance; …
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… My daughters from the ends of the earth; all, as many as have been called in My name: for in My glory I have prepared, and formed, and made him." Inasmuch as then, "wheresoever the carcase is, there shall also the eagles be gathered together," we do participate in the glory of the Lord, who has both formed us, and …
Yea, both heaven and earth shall pass away, but Thy Words shall not pass away. Because the scroll shall be rolled together, and the grass over which it was spread shall with its goodliness pass away; but Thy Word remaineth for ever, which now appeareth unto us in the dark image of the clouds, and through the glass of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Thus also, for example, when His disciples came unto Him as He sat on the Mount of Olives, and sought to learn about His coming, and the taking of Jerusalem: and yet ye know how great is the interval between those several periods.
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… their good words and smooth tongue, deceive the hearts of the innocent, disguising with the name of Christ as it were with honey the poisoned arrows of their impious doctrines: concerning all of whom together the Lord saith, Take heed lest any man mislead you.
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