Matthew 24:29-51

Legacy Standard Bible

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁹ “But immediately after the ^(A)tribulation of those days ^(B)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and ^(C)the stars will fall from ^[a]the sky, and the powers of ^[b]the heavens will be shaken. ³⁰ And then ^(D)the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ^(E)the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. ³¹ And ^(F)He will send forth His angels with ^(G)a great trumpet and they will gather together His ^[c](H)elect from ^(I)the four winds, from one end of the sky to the ^[d]other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree

³² “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; ³³ so, you too, when you see all these things, ^[e]recognize that ^[f]He is near, right ^(J)at the ^[g]door. ³⁴ Truly I say to you, ^(K)this ^[h]generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ^35 (L)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

³⁶ “But ^(M)of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. ³⁷ For ^(N)just as the days of Noah were, so the ^(O)coming of the Son of Man will be. ³⁸ For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^(P)marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^(Q)Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and they did not ^[i]understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^(R)coming of the Son of Man be. ⁴⁰ Then there will be two in the field; one ^[j]will be taken, and one ^[k]will be left. ^41 (S)Two women will be grinding grain at the ^[l](T)mill; one ^[m]will be taken and one ^[n]will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

⁴² “Therefore ^(U)stay awake, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. ⁴³ But ^[o]be sure of this, that ^(V)if the head of the house had known ^(W)at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be ^[p]broken into. ⁴⁴ For this reason ^(X)you also must be ready; for ^(Y)the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

⁴⁵ “^(Z)Who then is the ^(AA)faithful and ^(AB)prudent slave whom his ^[q]master ^(AC)put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ Blessed is that slave whom his ^[r]master finds so doing when he comes. ⁴⁷ Truly I say to you that ^(AD)he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ^[s]master ^[t]is not coming for a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the ^[u]master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, ⁵¹ and will ^[v]cut him in pieces and ^[w]assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^(AE)weeping and gnashing of teeth.