Matthew 24-25 (21st Century King James Version)

Matthew 24

 ¹And Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.

   
 ²And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down."

   
 ³And as He sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Thy coming and of the end of the world?"

   
 ⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Take heed that no man deceive you;

   
 ⁵for many shall come in My name, saying, `I am Christ,' and shall deceive many.

   
 ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

   
 ⁷For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places.

   
 ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.

   
 ⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all nations for My name's sake.

   
 ¹⁰And then shall many lose faith and shall betray one another and shall hate one another.

   
 ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many.

   
 ¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

   
 ¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

   
 ¹⁴And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.

   
 ¹⁵"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoso readeth, let him understand),

   
 ¹⁶then let them that be in Judea flee unto the mountains.

   
 ¹⁷Let him that is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;

   
 ¹⁸neither let him that is in the field return back to take his clothes.

   
 ¹⁹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

   
 ²⁰But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day.

   
 ²¹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

   
 ²²And unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened.

   
 ²³Then if any man shall say unto you, `Lo, here is Christ,' or `there,' believe it not.

   
 ²⁴For there shall arise false christs and false prophets and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

   
 ²⁵Behold, I have told you before.

   
 ²⁶Therefore, if they shall say unto you, `Behold, He is in the desert!' go not forth; or `Behold, He is in the secret chambers!' believe it not.

   
 ²⁷For as the lightning cometh out of the east and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

   
 ²⁸For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

   
 ²⁹"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,

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

   
 ³¹And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

   
 ³²"Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh.

   
 ³³So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

   
 ³⁴Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.

   
 ³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away.

   
 ³⁶But of that day and hour, knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, but My Father only.

   
 ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

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

   
 ³⁹and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.

   
 ⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left.

   
 ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.

   
 ⁴²"Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

   
 ⁴³But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

   
 ⁴⁴Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh.

   
 ⁴⁵"Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

   
 ⁴⁶Blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

   
 ⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

   
 ⁴⁸But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, `My lord delayeth his coming,'

   
 ⁴⁹and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken,

   
 ⁵⁰the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

   
 ⁵¹and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

   

Matthew 25

 ¹"Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

   
 ²And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

   
 ³They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

   
 ⁴but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

   
 ⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

   
 ⁶And at midnight there was a cry made: `Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.'

   
 ⁷Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

   
 ⁸And the foolish said unto the wise, `Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out.'

   
 ⁹But the wise answered, saying, `Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.'

   
 ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.

   
 ¹¹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, `Lord, lord, open to us!'

   
 ¹²But he answered and said, `Verily I say unto you, I know you not.'

   
 ¹³Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh.

   
 ¹⁴"For the Kingdom of Heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods.

   
 ¹⁵And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and straightway tookhis journey.

   
 ¹⁶Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them another five talents.

   
 ¹⁷And likewise he that had received two, he also gained another two.

   
 ¹⁸But he that had received one went and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money.

   
 ¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them.

   
 ²⁰And so he that had received five talents came and brought the other five talents, saying, `Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents. Behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.'

   
 ²¹His lord said unto him, `Well done, thou good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'

   
 ²²"He also that had received two talents came and said, `Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.'

   
 ²³His lord said unto him, `Well done, good and faithful servant. Thou hast been faithful over a few things; I will make thee ruler over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.'

   
 ²⁴"Then he that had received the one talent came and said, `Lord, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed.

   
 ²⁵And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth. Lo, there thou hast what is thine.'

   
 ²⁶His lord answered and said unto him, `Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed.

   
 ²⁷Thou ought therefore to have placed my money with the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest.

   
 ²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath ten talents.

   
 ²⁹For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.

   
 ³⁰And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

   
 ³¹"When the Son of Man shall come in His glory and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory.

   
 ³²And before Him shall be gathered all nations, and He shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats.

   
 ³³And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

   
 ³⁴Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, `Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

   
 ³⁵For I hungered, and ye gave Me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took Me in;

   
 ³⁶naked, and ye clothed Me; I was sick, and ye visited Me; I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.'

   
 ³⁷Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, `Lord, when saw we Thee hungering and fed Thee, or thirsty and gave Thee drink?

   
 ³⁸When saw we Thee a stranger and took Thee in, or naked and clothed Thee?

   
 ³⁹Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?'

   
 ⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me.'

   
 ⁴¹"Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, `Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

   
 ⁴²For I hungered, and ye gave Me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink;

   
 ⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye clothed Me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited Me not.'

   
 ⁴⁴Then shall they also answer Him, saying, `Lord, when saw we Thee hungering or athirst or a stranger, or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?'

   
 ⁴⁵Then shall He answer them, saying, `Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.'

   
 ⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal."