Matthew 24:1-28

Legacy Standard Bible

Signs of Christ’s Return

24 ^(A)And coming ^(B)out from the temple, Jesus was going along, and His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. ² And He answered and said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, ^(C)not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

³ Now as He was sitting on ^(D)the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of ^(E)Your coming and of the ^[a]end of the age?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them, “^(F)See to it that no one deceives you. ⁵ For ^(G)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ^[b]Christ,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ And you are going to hear of ^(H)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. ⁷ For ^(I)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be ^(J)famines and earthquakes. ^8 (K)But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ “^(L)Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and ^(M)you will be hated by all nations because of My name. ¹⁰ And at that time many will ^[c](N)fall away and will ^[d]betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹ Many ^(O)false prophets will arise and will deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness is multiplied, ^[e]most people’s love will grow cold. ^13 (P)But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. ¹⁴ And this ^(Q)gospel of the kingdom ^(R)shall be proclaimed in the whole ^[f](S)world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ^(T)abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in ^(U)the holy place (^(V)let the reader understand), ¹⁶ then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ^17 [g]Whoever is on ^(W)the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. ¹⁸ And ^[h]whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. ¹⁹ But ^(X)woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be a ^(Y)great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. ²² And unless those days had been cut short, no ^[i]life would have been saved; but for ^(Z)the sake of the ^[j]elect those days will be cut short. ^23 (AA)Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ^[k]Christ,’ or ‘^[l]There He is,’ do not believe him. ²⁴ For false christs and ^(AB)false prophets will arise and will ^[m]show great ^[n](AC)signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even ^(AD)the ^[o]elect. ²⁵ Behold, I have told you in advance. ²⁶ Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. ^27 (AE)For just as the lightning comes from the east and appears even to the west, so will the ^(AF)coming of the ^(AG)Son of Man be. ^28 (AH)Wherever the corpse is, there the ^[p]vultures will gather.