Matthew 24:32-51

New American Standard Bible

Parable of the Fig Tree

³² “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near; ³³ so you too, when you see all these things, ^[a]recognize that ^[b]He is near, right ^(A)at the ^[c]door. ³⁴ Truly I say to you, ^(B)this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ^35 (C)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁶ “But ^(D)about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ For ^[d]the ^(E)coming of the Son of Man will be ^(F)just like the days of Noah. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(G)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(H)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[e]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(I)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ At that time there will be two men in the field; one ^[f]will be taken and one ^[g]will be left. ^41 (J)Two women will be grinding at the ^[h](K)mill; one ^[i]will be taken and one ^[j]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(L)be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[k]be sure of this, that ^(M)if the head of the house had known ^(N)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(O)you must be ready as well; for ^(P)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

⁴⁵ “^(Q)Who then is the ^(R)faithful and ^(S)sensible slave whom his ^[l]master ^(T)put in charge of his household slaves, to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his ^[m]master finds so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷ Truly I say to you that ^(U)he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ^[n]master ^[o]is not coming for a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and he begins to beat his fellow slaves, and he eats and drinks with those habitually drunk; ⁵⁰ then the ^[p]master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know, ⁵¹ and he will ^[q]cut him in two and assign ^[r]him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(V)weeping and gnashing of teeth.