Thematic Bible




Matthew 24:1 (show verse)

Then Jesus left the Temple courts and was walking away, when his disciples came to point out to him the Temple buildings.

Matthew 24:2 (show verse)

"You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."

Matthew 24:3 (show verse)

When he had seated himself on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

Matthew 24:4 (show verse)

"Take care," Jesus answered, "that no one mislead you;

Matthew 24:5 (show verse)

for many will come in my name saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many.

Matthew 24:6 (show verse)

And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see to it that you are not afraid. Such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

Matthew 24:7 (show verse)

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

Matthew 24:8 (show verse)

All these things are the beginning of birth-pangs.

Matthew 24:9 (show verse)

Then they will deliver you up to suffer affliction, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

Matthew 24:10 (show verse)

And then many will stumble and fall, and will betray one another, and hate one another.

Matthew 24:11 (show verse)

Many false prophets will rise up and mislead many;

Matthew 24:12 (show verse)

and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold;

Matthew 24:13 (show verse)

but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:14 (show verse)

And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole inhabited earth, for a testimony to the Gentiles, and then will come the end.

Matthew 24:15 (show verse)

"So when you see the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place let the reader take note of this,

Matthew 24:16 (show verse)

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

Matthew 24:17 (show verse)

let him who is upon the housetop not go down to get the things in his house,

Matthew 24:18 (show verse)

and the man in the field not turn back to get his cloak.

Matthew 24:19 (show verse)

Alas for thee women who are with child, and for the nursing mothers in those days!

Matthew 24:20 (show verse)

"But pray that your flight may not be in the winter; nor on a Sabbath;

Matthew 24:21 (show verse)

for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.

Matthew 24:22 (show verse)

And if these days had not been shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but for the elect's sake these days will be cut short.

Matthew 24:23 (show verse)

"If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' believe him not.

Matthew 24:24 (show verse)

For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.

Matthew 24:25 (show verse)

See, I have forewarned you! So if they say to you,

Matthew 24:26 (show verse)

"'See, He is in the desert,' do not go out there. "'See, He is in the inner room,' do not believe it.

Matthew 24:27 (show verse)

For just as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:28 (show verse)

Wherever the corpse lies, there will the vultures flock together.

Matthew 24:29 (show verse)

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days, "The sun will be darkened, The moon will not shed her light, The stars will fall from the sky, And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew 24:30 (show verse)

"Then the signs of the Son of man will appear in the sky; and then all the tribes of the earth will lament, when they see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:31 (show verse)

And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from utmost heaven to utmost earth.

Matthew 24:32 (show verse)

"Learn from the fig tree, her parable; when her branches are become soft, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near;

Matthew 24:33 (show verse)

so you also, when you see these signs, know that He is near, at the very doors.

Matthew 24:34 (show verse)

I tell you in solemn truth, that the present generation shall not pass away till all these things happen.

Matthew 24:35 (show verse)

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

Matthew 24:36 (show verse)

"But no one knows about that day and hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 24:37 (show verse)

And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:38 (show verse)

For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark,

Matthew 24:39 (show verse)

nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the son of man.

Matthew 24:40 (show verse)

At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.

Matthew 24:41 (show verse)

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and the other left.

Matthew 24:42 (show verse)

Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming.

Matthew 24:43 (show verse)

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have been on his guard, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Matthew 24:44 (show verse)

Therefore you also must be ready, for in an hour when you do not expect him, the Son of man is coming.

Matthew 24:45 (show verse)

"Who, then, is the faithful and prudent slave, to whom his master has entrusted his household, to give them their food in due season?

Matthew 24:46 (show verse)

Blessed is that slave whom his Master, when he comes, shall find so doing.

Matthew 24:47 (show verse)

In solemn truth I tell you that he will set him over all his property.

Matthew 24:48 (show verse)

But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'

Matthew 24:49 (show verse)

and if he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat or drink with the drunkards,

Matthew 24:50 (show verse)

on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour which he does not know, the Master of that servant will arrive

Matthew 24:51 (show verse)

and will scourge him severely, and allot him a place among hypocrites, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."