Matthew 24 - New King James Version (NKJV)

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple^(A)

24 Then ^(B)Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. ² And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, ^(C)not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age^(D)

³ Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, ^(E)the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ^(F)“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them: ^(G)“Take heed that no one deceives you. ⁵ For ^(H)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ^(I)and will deceive many. ⁶ And you will hear of ^(J)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for ^[a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For ^(K)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be ^(L)famines, ^[b]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

^{9 (M)}“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ Then ^(N)many false prophets will rise up and ^(O)deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow ^(P)cold. ^{13 (Q)}But he who endures to the end shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this ^(R)gospel of the kingdom ^(S)will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

The Great Tribulation^(T)

^{15 (U)}“Therefore when you see the ^(V)‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” ^(W)(whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But ^(X)woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For ^(Y)then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; ^(Z)but for the ^[c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

^{23 (AA)}“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For ^(AB)false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, ^(AC)if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it. ^{27 (AD)}For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^{28 (AE)}For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.

The Coming of the Son of Man^(AF)

^{29 (AG)}“Immediately after the tribulation of those days ^(AH)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ^{30 (AI)}Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, ^(AJ)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^{31 (AK)}And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His ^[d]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree^(AL)

³² “Now learn ^(AM)this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. ³³ So you also, when you see all these things, know ^(AN)that ^[e]it is near—at the doors! ³⁴ Assuredly, I say to you, ^(AO)this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. ^{35 (AP)}Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

No One Knows the Day or Hour^(AQ)

^{36 (AR)}“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of ^[f]heaven, ^(AS)but My Father only. ³⁷ But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^{38 (AT)}For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, ³⁹ and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. ^{40 (AU)}Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. ^{42 (AV)}Watch therefore, for you do not know what ^[g]hour your Lord is coming. ^{43 (AW)}But know this, that if the master of the house had known what ^[h]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. ^{44 (AX)}Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant^(AY)

^{45 (AZ)}“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food ^[i]in due season? ^{46 (BA)}Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. ⁴⁷ Assuredly, I say to you that ^(BB)he will make him ruler over all his goods. ⁴⁸ But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master ^(BC)is delaying ^[j]his coming,’ ⁴⁹ and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, ⁵⁰ the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is ^(BD)not aware of, ⁵¹ and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. ^(BE)There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Footnotes

1. Matthew 24:6 NU omits all
2. Matthew 24:7 NU omits pestilences
3. Matthew 24:22 chosen ones’
4. Matthew 24:31 chosen ones
5. Matthew 24:33 Or He
6. Matthew 24:36 NU adds nor the Son
7. Matthew 24:42 NU day
8. Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night
9. Matthew 24:45 at the right time
10. Matthew 24:48 NU omits his coming

Cross references

1. Matthew 24:1 : Mark 13:1, 2; Luke 21:5, 6
2. Matthew 24:1 : Mark 13:1; Luke 21:5–36
3. Matthew 24:2 : 1 Kin. 9:7; Mic. 3:12; Luke 19:44
4. Matthew 24:3 : Mark 13:3–13; Luke 21:7–19
5. Matthew 24:3 : Mark 13:3
6. Matthew 24:3 : [Matt. 24:27, 37, 39; Luke 17:20–37; 1 Thess. 5:1–3]
7. Matthew 24:4 : Eph. 5:6; [Col. 2:8, 18; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 John 4:1–3]
8. Matthew 24:5 : Jer. 14:14; John 5:43; Acts 5:36; [1 John 2:18; 4:3]
9. Matthew 24:5 : Matt. 24:11
10. Matthew 24:6 : [Rev. 6:2–4]
11. Matthew 24:7 : 2 Chr. 15:6; Is. 19:2; Hag. 2:22; Zech. 14:13
12. Matthew 24:7 : Acts 11:28; Rev. 6:5, 6
13. Matthew 24:9 : Matt. 10:17; Luke 21:12; [John 16:2]; Acts 4:2, 3; Rev. 2:10
14. Matthew 24:11 : Acts 20:29; 2 Pet. 2:1; Rev. 13:11; 19:20
15. Matthew 24:11 : [1 Tim. 4:1]
16. Matthew 24:12 : [2 Thess. 2:3; 2 Tim. 3:1–3]
17. Matthew 24:13 : Matt. 10:22; Mark 13:13
18. Matthew 24:14 : Matt. 4:23
19. Matthew 24:14 : Rom. 10:18; Col. 1:6, 23
20. Matthew 24:15 : Mark 13:14–23; Luke 17:23, 24, 37; 21:20–24
21. Matthew 24:15 : Mark 13:14; Luke 21:20; [John 11:48]; Acts 6:13; 21:28
22. Matthew 24:15 : Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
23. Matthew 24:15 : Dan. 9:23
24. Matthew 24:19 : Luke 23:29
25. Matthew 24:21 : Dan. 9:26
26. Matthew 24:22 : Is. 65:8, 9; [Zech. 14:2]
27. Matthew 24:23 : Mark 13:21; Luke 17:23
28. Matthew 24:24 : Deut. 13:1; John 4:48; [2 Thess. 2:9]; Rev. 13:13
29. Matthew 24:24 : [John 6:37; Rom. 8:28; 2 Tim. 2:19]
30. Matthew 24:27 : Luke 17:24
31. Matthew 24:28 : Job 39:30; Ezek. 39:17; Hab. 1:8; Luke 17:37
32. Matthew 24:29 : Mark 13:24–27; Luke 21:25–28
33. Matthew 24:29 : [Dan. 7:11]
34. Matthew 24:29 : Is. 13:10; 24:23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Amos 5:20; 8:9; Zeph. 1:15; Matt. 24:29–35; Acts 2:20; Rev. 6:12–17; 8:12
35. Matthew 24:30 : [Dan. 7:13, 14; Matt. 16:27; 24:3, 37, 39]
36. Matthew 24:30 : Zech. 12:12
37. Matthew 24:31 : Ex. 19:16; Deut. 30:4; Is. 27:13; Zech. 9:14; [1 Cor. 15:52; 1 Thess. 4:16]; Heb. 12:19; Rev. 8:2; 11:15
38. Matthew 24:32 : Mark 13:28–31; Luke 21:29–33
39. Matthew 24:32 : Luke 21:29
40. Matthew 24:33 : [James 5:9; Rev. 3:20]
41. Matthew 24:34 : [Matt. 10:23; 16:28; 23:36]
42. Matthew 24:35 : Ps. 102:25, 26; Is. 51:6; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; [1 Pet. 1:23–25; 2 Pet. 3:10]
43. Matthew 24:36 : Mark 13:32–37; Luke 17:26, 27, 34, 35; 21:34–36
44. Matthew 24:36 : Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7; 1 Thess. 5:2; 2 Pet. 3:10
45. Matthew 24:36 : Zech. 14:7
46. Matthew 24:38 : [Gen. 6:3–5]; Luke 17:26; [1 Pet. 3:20]
47. Matthew 24:40 : Luke 17:34
48. Matthew 24:42 : Matt. 25:13; Luke 21:36; 1 Thess. 5:6
49. Matthew 24:43 : Luke 12:39; 1 Thess. 5:2; Rev. 3:3
50. Matthew 24:44 : Luke 12:35–40; [1 Thess. 5:6]
51. Matthew 24:45 : Luke 12:41–48
52. Matthew 24:45 : Luke 12:42–46; [Acts 20:28]
53. Matthew 24:46 : Rev. 16:15
54. Matthew 24:47 : Matt. 25:21, 23; Luke 22:29
55. Matthew 24:48 : [2 Pet. 3:4–9]
56. Matthew 24:50 : Mark 13:32
57. Matthew 24:51 : Matt. 8:12; 25:30