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Matthew 24

Signs of Christ's Return

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 aJesus  bcame out from the temple and was going away  1when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

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And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you,  anot one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down."

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As He was sitting on  athe Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of  bYour coming, and of the  1end of the age?"

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And Jesus answered and said to them, aSee to it that no one misleads you.

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"For  amany will come in My name, saying, `I am the  1Christ,' and will mislead many.

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"You will be hearing of  awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

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"For  anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be  bfamines and earthquakes.

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aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

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aThen they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and  byou will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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"At that time many will  1 afall away and will  2betray one another and hate one another.

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"Many  afalse prophets will arise and will mislead many.

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"Because lawlessness is increased,  1most people's love will grow cold.

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aBut the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

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"This  agospel of the kingdom  bshall be preached in the whole  1 cworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Perilous Times

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"Therefore when you see the  aABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in  bthe holy placeclet the reader understand),

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then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

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1Whoever is on  athe housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

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1Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

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"But  awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

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"But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

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"For then there will be a  agreat tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

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"Unless those days had been cut short, no  1life would have been saved; but for  athe sake of the  2elect those days will be cut short.

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aThen if anyone says to you, `Behold, here is the  1Christ,' or ` 2There He is,' do not believe him.

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"For false Christs and  afalse prophets will arise and will  1show great  2 bsigns and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even  cthe  3elect.

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"Behold, I have told you in advance.

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"So 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.

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aFor just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the  bcoming of the  cSon of Man be.

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aWherever the corpse is, there the  1vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

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"But immediately after the  atribulation of those days  bTHE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND  cTHE STARS WILL FALL from  1the sky, and the powers of  1the heavens will be shaken.

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"And then  athe 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  bthe SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

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"And  aHe will send forth His angels with  bA GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His  1 celect from  dthe four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

Parable of the Fig Tree

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"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;

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so, you too, when you see all these things,  1recognize that  2He is near, right  aat the  3door.

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"Truly I say to you,  athis  1generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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aHeaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

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"But  aof that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

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"For  1the  acoming of the Son of Man will be  bjust like the days of Noah.

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"For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking,  amarrying and giving in marriage, until the day that  bNoah entered the ark,

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and they did not  1understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the  acoming of the Son of Man be.

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"Then there will be two men in the field; one  1will be taken and one  1will be left.

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aTwo women will be grinding at the  1 bmill; one  2will be taken and one  2will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

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"Therefore  abe on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

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"But  1be sure of this, that  aif the head of the house had known  bat what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be  2broken into.

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"For this reason  ayou also must be ready; for  bthe Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

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aWho then is the  bfaithful and  csensible slave whom his  1master  dput in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

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"Blessed is that slave whom his  1master finds so doing when he comes.

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"Truly I say to you that  ahe will put him in charge of all his possessions.

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"But if that evil slave says in his heart, `My  1master  2is not coming for a long time,'

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and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards;

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the  1master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

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and will  1cut him in pieces and  2assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be  aweeping and gnashing of teeth.



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