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

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

2 a nd 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 He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

3 A nd 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 the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

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

4 A nd Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray,

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

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

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many.

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

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

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 will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

8 a nd all these the beginning of sorrows;

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

9 t hen 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 they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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

At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

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

Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

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

Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.

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

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

14 a nd 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.

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Perilous Times

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)

“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place ( let the reader understand),

16 t hen those in Judea -- let them flee to the mounts;

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

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

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

18 a nd he in the field -- let him not turn back to take his garments.

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

19 ` And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘ There He is,’ do not believe him.

24 f or 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 false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

25 L o, I did tell you beforehand.

Behold, I have told you in advance.

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;

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.

27 f or 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 just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

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

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. The Glorious Return

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;

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

30 a nd 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 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 the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

31 a nd 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 will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. Parable of the Fig Tree

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 nigh,

“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 s o also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.

so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

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

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

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

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass 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 hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

37 a nd as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;

For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

38 f or 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 those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

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

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

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

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

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

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. Be Ready for His Coming

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

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

43 a nd 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;

But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at 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 broken into.

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

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

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 the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

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

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

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

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

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

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

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

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

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

the 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 a nd 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 in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.