Matthew Chapter 24 (KJV) – Read & Study

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¹And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Matthew 24:1

²And Jesus said unto them,See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Matthew 24:2

³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Matthew 24:3

⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them,Take heed that no man deceive you.

Matthew 24:4

⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Matthew 24:5

⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Matthew 24:6

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

Matthew 24:7

⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matthew 24:8

⁹Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

Matthew 24:9

¹⁰And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Matthew 24:10

¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Matthew 24:11

¹²And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Matthew 24:12

¹³But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 24:13

¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 24:14

¹⁵When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Matthew 24:15

¹⁶Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Matthew 24:16

¹⁷Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Matthew 24:17

¹⁸Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Matthew 24:18

¹⁹And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Matthew 24:19

²⁰But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

Matthew 24:20

²¹For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Matthew 24:21

²²And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Matthew 24:22

²³Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

Matthew 24:23

²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Matthew 24:24

²⁵Behold, I have told you before.

Matthew 24:25

²⁶Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Matthew 24:26

²⁷For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:27

²⁸For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Matthew 24:28

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

Matthew 24:29

³⁰And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Matthew 24:30

³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:31

³²Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Matthew 24:32

³³So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Matthew 24:33

³⁴Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Matthew 24:34

³⁵Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Matthew 24:35

³⁶But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Matthew 24:36

³⁷But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:37

³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Matthew 24:38

³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:39

⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Matthew 24:40

⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Matthew 24:41

⁴²Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matthew 24:42

⁴³But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Matthew 24:43