1 t[ch. 21:23]; For ver. 1-51, see Mark 13:1-37; Luke 21:5-36 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you,uLuke 19:44 there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. ”
3 As he sat onvSee ch. 21:1 the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to himw[Mark 4:34] privately, saying, “Tell us,x[Acts 1:6, 7] when will these things be, and what will be the sign of youryver. 27, 37, 39; See 1 Thess. 2:19 coming and ofzSee ch. 13:39 the close of the age? ” 4 And Jesus answered them, aJer. 29:8; Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 John 3:7 “See that no one leads you astray. 5 Forbver. 11, 24; Jer. 14:14; 1 John 2:18 many will come in my name, saying, ‘I amcSee ch. 1:17 the Christ, ’ and they will lead many astray. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that youd2 Thess. 2:2 are not alarmed, for thiseRev. 1:1 must take place, but the end is not yet. 7 Forf2 Chr. 15:6; [Rev. 6:4] nation will rise against nation, andgIsa. 19:2 kingdom against kingdom, and there will behActs 11:28; Rev. 6:8, 12 famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning ofiJohn 16:21; Acts 2:24 (Gk.); Rom. 8:22 the birth pains.
9 Thenjch. 10:17, 21 they will deliver you upkver. 21, 29; Rev. 2:10 to tribulation andlch. 23:34; John 16:2 put you to death, andmSee ch. 10:22 you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then many will fall away1Or stumble andnch. 10:21 betray one another and hate one another. 11 And manyoSee ch. 7:15 false prophets will arisepver. 5, 24 and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased,q[Rev. 2:4] the love of many will grow cold. 13 rSee ch. 10:22 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdomsRom. 10:18; Col. 1:6, 23; [Mark 14:9] will be proclaimed throughout the whole worldtch. 10:18 as a testimonyuch. 28:19 to all nations, andv[ver. 6] then the end will come.
15 So when you see the abomination of desolationwDan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing inx[John 11:48; Acts 6:13; 21:28] the holy place (y[Dan. 9:22, 23, 25; Rev. 1:3] let the reader understand), 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 zLuke 17:31 Let the one who is onaSee Luke 5:19 the housetop not go down to take what is in his house, 18 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 19 AndbLuke 23:29 alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will becver. 29; Dan. 12:1; [Rev. 7:14] great tribulation,dRev. 16:18 such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But forever. 24, 31; Isa. 65:8, 9; Luke 18:7; [ch. 22:14] the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. 23 fLuke 17:23; [ver. 5, 26] Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ! ’ or ‘There he is! ’ do not believe it. 24 Forg[1 John 2:18] false christs andhver. 11 false prophets will arise andiDeut. 13:1-3; 2 Thess. 2:9-11; Rev. 13:13, 14; 16:14; 19:20; [Acts 8:9] perform great signs and wonders,hver. 11 so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See,jJohn 13:19; 14:29; [2 Pet. 3:17] I have told you beforehand. 26 So, if they say to you, ‘Look,kActs 21:38 he is in the wilderness, ’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms, ’ do not believe it. 27 lLuke 17:24 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will bemver. 3, 37, 39 the coming of the Son of Man. 28 nLuke 17:37; [Job 39:30] Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
29 Immediately afterover. 21 the tribulation of those dayspIsa. 13:10; 24:23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Acts 2:20; [Amos 5:20; 8:9; Zeph. 1:15; Rev. 6:12; 8:12] the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, andqRev. 6:13; [Isa. 14:12; 34:4] the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 ThenrDan. 7:13 will appear in heavens[ver. 3] the sign of the Son of Man, and thentRev. 1:7; [Zech. 12:12] all the tribes of the earth will mourn, anduSee ch. 16:27 they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heavenvch. 26:64; Mark 9:1; [ch. 25:31] with power and great glory. 31 Andwch. 13:41 he will send out his angels with a loudx1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:16 trumpet call, and they willy[ch. 23:37; 2 Thess. 2:1] gatherzver. 22, 24 his elect fromaDan. 7:2; Zech. 2:6; Rev. 7:1 the four winds,bDeut. 4:32; 30:4 from one end of heaven to the other.
32 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near,cJames 5:9; Rev. 3:20 at the very gates. 34 dSee ch. 16:28 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 ePs. 102:26; Isa. 51:6; 2 Pet. 3:10; [ch. 5:18; Heb. 12:27] Heaven and earth will pass away, butfPs. 119:89; Isa. 40:8; 1 Pet. 1:23, 25 my words will not pass away.
36 But concerning that day and hourgch. 25:13; 1 Thess. 5:1, 2 no one knows, not even the angels of heaven,h[Phil. 2:6, 7] nor the Son,i[Zech. 14:7; Acts 1:7] but the Father only. 37 jLuke 17:26, 27 As were the days of Noah,kver. 27 so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 j[See ver. 37 above] For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking,lch. 22:30 marrying and giving in marriage, untilmGen. 7:7-16 the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away,k[See ver. 37 above] so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 nLuke 17:35 Two women will be grindingoEx. 11:5; Isa. 47:2 at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore,pMark 14:34-38; Luke 12:37; 21:36; Acts 20:31; 1 Thess. 5:6 stay awake, for you do not know on what dayqJohn 13:13 your Lord is coming. 43 rFor ver. 43-51, [Luke 12:39-46] But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the nights[1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 3:3] the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 44 Therefore you also must betch. 25:10 ready, foruver. 27 the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
45 Who then isvch. 25:21; 1 Cor. 4:2; Heb. 3:5 the faithful andwch. 7:24; 10:16; 25:2 wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 xJohn 13:17; Rev. 16:15 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you,ych. 25:21, 23 he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My masterzch. 25:5 is delayed, ’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks witha1 Thess. 5:7 drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will comeb2 Pet. 3:12; [ch. 25:13] on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that placecSee ch. 8:12 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.