Matthew 24:3-31

New King James Version

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age^(A)

³ Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, ^(B)the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ^(C)“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them: ^(D)“Take heed that no one deceives you. ⁵ For ^(E)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ^(F)and will deceive many. ⁶ And you will hear of ^(G)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for ^[a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For ^(H)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be ^(I)famines, ^[b]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

^9 (J)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ Then ^(K)many false prophets will rise up and ^(L)deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow ^(M)cold. ^13 (N)But he who endures to the end shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this ^(O)gospel of the kingdom ^(P)will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

The Great Tribulation^(Q)

^15 (R)“Therefore when you see the ^(S)‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” ^(T)(whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But ^(U)woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For ^(V)then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; ^(W)but for the ^[c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

^23 (X)“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For ^(Y)false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, ^(Z)if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. ^27 (AA)For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^28 (AB)For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

The Coming of the Son of Man^(AC)

^29 (AD)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ^(AE)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ^30 (AF)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ^(AG)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. ^31 (AH)And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His ^[d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.