Matthew 24:17-41

17let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;

18and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment.

19But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.

20But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath:

21for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from [the] beginning of [the] world until now, nor ever shall be;

22and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

23Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or here, believe [it] not.

24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.

25Behold, I have told you beforehand.

26If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, [he is] in the inner chambers, do not believe [it].

27For as the lightning goes forth from the east and shines to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

28[For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.

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

30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the land lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from [the one] extremity of [the] heavens to [the other] extremity of them.

32But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

33Thus also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.

34Verily I say to you, This generation will not have passed away until all these things shall have taken place.

35The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

36But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but [my] Father alone.

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

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

39and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.

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

41two [women] grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left.