Matthew - Chapter 24

1 And Yeshua went out of the Temple to leave and his talmidim drew near to him, showing him the structure of the temple. 2 And he said to them: "Behold! Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, there will not be left here a stone upon a stone, that will not be torn down."

3 And while Yeshua was sitting on Har-Zeitim, his talmidim drew near, and were saying among themselves and to him: "Tell us when these things will be; and what is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the world." 4 And Yeshua answered them: "Beware! Let no man deceive you. 5 For many will come in my name, and will say: 'I am the Messiah;' and they will deceive many. 6 And you will certainly hear of civil unrest and rumours of wars. See to it that you are not disturbed, for it is necessary that all these things occur; but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and plagues, and earthquakes in different places. 8 But all these are only the beginning of sorrows. 9 And they will deliver you up to trials, and they will murder you, and all the gentiles will hate you because of my name. 10 Then many will stumble and will hate one another, and will betray one another.

11 "And many false prophets will arise deceiving many. 12 And because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold. 13 Whoever has patience until the end will have life. 14 And this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world, as a testimony to all the gentiles, and then the end will come. 15 And when you see the sign of uncleanness and desolation, that which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (he that reads let him understand) 16 and then let those who are in Yehuda flee to the mountain: 17 and he who is on the rooftop, let him not come down to take that which is in his house: 18 and he who is in the field, let him not turn back in order to take his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant, and to those that are nursing, in those days. 20 And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on Shabbat. 21 For there will then be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world, until the present, nor will ever be. 22 And if those days were not shortened, then no flesh would live. But because of the chosen, those days will be shortened.

23 "Then, if any one shall say to you: 'Behold! The Messiah is here, or is there'; do not believe them. 24 For there will arise false messiahs, and lying prophets and they will display great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen. 25 Behold! I have told you in advance. 26 If, therefore, they say to you: 'Behold! He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or, 'Behold! He is in the inner chamber,' do not believe them.

27 "As the light* comes out of the east, and is seen in the west, also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 And wherever the carcass may be, there the eagles will gather. 29 And immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shine its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. 30 And then there will be seen the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man who comes on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a large trumpet and they will gather his chosen ones from the four winds, and from one end of heaven to the other.

32 "Now learn a parable from the fig tree. As soon as its branches become tender and it starts springing forth leaves, you know that summer is here. 33 So also, when you have seen all these things, know that it has arrived at the door. 34 Truly I say to you, that this tribe will not pass away, until all these things take place. 35 Heaven and earth may pass away; but my word shall not pass away.

36 "But concerning that day and that hour, no man knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the Father only. 37 And as the days of Noakh, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking women and giving them in marriage to men, up to the day that Noakh entered the ark, 39 and they did not know, until the flood came and took all of them away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken, and the other will be left. 41 And two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and the other left.

42 "Be observant, therefore, since you do not know at what hour your Lord comes. 43 And know this: that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been watched, and would not have permitted his house to be plundered. 44 Therefore, you also be prepared; because the Son of Man will come during an hour that you do not expect.

45 "Who then is that faithful and wise servant, whom his master has appointed over his household, to provide to them food in due time? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing. 47 Truly I say to you, that he will appoint him over all that he possesses. 48 But if a servant, being full of wickedness, says in his heart: 'My master will be delayed in coming;' 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards; 50 the master of that servant will come in a day that he does not expect, and during an hour he does not know, 51 and will cut him in two, and will give to him his portion among the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.