Matthew 24

1 And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple,

And Iesus went out, and departed from the Temple, and his disciples came to him, to shewe him the building of the Temple.

2 and Jesus said to them, 'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'

And Iesus sayd vnto them, See ye not all these things? Verely I say vnto you, there shall not be here left a stone vpon a stone, that shall not be cast downe.

3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?' (aiōn g165)

And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his disciples came vnto him apart, saying, Tell vs when these things shall be, and what signe shalbe of thy comming, and of the ende of the world. (aiōn g165)

4 And Jesus answering said to them, 'Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Take heede that no man deceiue you.

5 for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

6 and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.

And ye shall heare of warres, and rumours of warres: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet.

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

For nation shall rise against nation, and realme against realme, and there shalbe famine, and pestilence, and earthquakes in diuers places.

8 and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;

All these are but ye beginning of sorowes.

9 then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake.

10 and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 'And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;

And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceiue many.

12 and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.

13 but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

But he that endureth to the ende, he shalbe saued.

14 and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.

And this Gospel of the kingdome shalbe preached through the whole world for a witnes vnto all nations, and then shall the end come.

15 'Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, set in the holy place (let him that readeth consider it.)

16 then those in Judea — let them flee to the mounts;

Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.

17 he on the house-top — let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;

Let him which is on the house top, not come downe to fetch any thing out of his house.

18 and he in the field — let him not turn back to take his garments.

And he that is in the fielde, let not him returne backe to fetch his clothes.

19 'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.

20 and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;

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

21 for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.

22 And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

23 'Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ, or there, beleeue it not.

24 for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

For there shall arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceiue the very elect.

25 Lo, I did tell you beforehand.

Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

26 'If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;

Wherefore if they shall say vnto you, Beholde, he is in the desert, goe not forth: Beholde, he is in the secret places, beleeue it not.

27 for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

For as the lightning commeth out of the East, and is seene into the West, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.

28 for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

For wheresoeuer a dead carkeis is, thither will the Egles be gathered together.

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

And immediatly after ye tribulations of those dayes, shall the sunne be darkened, and the moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fal from heauen, and ye powers of heaue shalbe shake.

30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;

And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie.

31 and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the foure windes, and from the one ende of the heauens vnto the other.

32 'And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer [is] nigh,

Now learne the parable of the figge tree: when her bough is yet tender, and it putteth foorth leaues, ye knowe that sommer is neere.

33 so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh — at the doors.

So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is neere, eue at ye doores.

34 Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.

Verely I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, till all these things be done.

35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Heauen and earth shall passe away: but my wordes shall not passe away.

36 'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known — not even the messengers of the heavens — except my Father only;

But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heauen, but my father only.

37 and as the days of Noah — so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the comming of the Sonne of man be.

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

For as in the dayes before the flood, they did eate and drinke, marrie, and giue in mariage, vnto the day that Noe entred into the Arke,

39 and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.

And knewe nothing, till the flood came, and tooke them all away, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.

40 Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;

Then two shall be in the fieldes, the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

41 two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.

Two women shalbe grinding at ye mill: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

42 'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come.

43 and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;

Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.

44 because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

45 'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?

Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?

46 Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.

47 verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.

Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.

48 'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,

But if that euil seruant shall say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,

49 and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,

And begin to smite his fellowes, and to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

50 the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,

That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

51 and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

And will cut him off, and giue him his portion with hypocrites: there shalbe weeping, and gnashing of teeth.

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