Matthew 24

¹And Jesus, having gone out from the temple, was going on his way, and his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple.

²But Jesus answered and said to them: Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.

³But as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying: Tell us, when will these things be, and what is the sign of your coming and of the consummation of the age?

⁴And Jesus answering said to them: See that no one leads you astray.

⁵For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they will deceive many.

⁶But you are about to hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for all this must take place, but the end is not yet.

⁷For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in various places.

⁸But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations on account of my name.

¹⁰And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another;

¹¹and many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray.

¹²And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

¹³But the one who endures to the end, this one will be saved.

¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the inhabited world for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.

¹⁵When therefore you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

¹⁶then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;

¹⁷the one on the housetop, let him not come down to take the things out of his house,

¹⁸and the one in the field, let him not turn back to take his cloak.

¹⁹But woe to those who are pregnant and to those nursing infants in those days!

²⁰But pray that your flight may not happen in winter, nor on a Sabbath.

²¹For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be.

²²And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

²³Then if anyone says to you: Behold, here is the Christ! or: Here he is! do not believe it.

²⁴For false christs and false prophets will arise, and they will give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

²⁵Behold, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶If therefore they should say to you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' do not go forth; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

²⁷For just as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

²⁸For wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will be gathered.

²⁹But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

³⁰And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

³¹And he will send out his angels with a great trumpet call, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

³²Now from the fig tree learn the parable: When its branch already becomes tender and the leaves put forth, you know that summer is near.

³³So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the very doors.

³⁴Truly I say to you that this generation will by no means pass away until all these things take place.

³⁵Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.

³⁶But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, nor the Son, except my Father alone.

³⁷For as the days of Noah were, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.

³⁸For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark,

³⁹And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.

⁴⁰Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.

⁴¹Two women grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.

⁴²Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.

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 let his house be broken into.

⁴⁴Therefore you also be ready; for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man comes.

⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom the master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

⁴⁶Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, will find so doing.

⁴⁷Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his possessions.

⁴⁸But if that evil servant should say in his heart, My master delays his coming,

⁴⁹and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunkards,

⁵⁰the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.

⁵¹and will cut him in two and assign him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.