Matthew 24:19-50

19But 1woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21For then there will be a 2great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22Unless those days had been cut short, no 3life would have been saved; but for 4the sake of the 5elect those days will be cut short. 236Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the 7Christ,’ or ‘8There He is,’ do not believe him. 24For false Christs and 9false prophets will arise and will 10show great 1112signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even 13the 14elect. 25Behold, I have told you in advance. 26So 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. 2715For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the 16coming of the 17Son of Man be. 2818Wherever the corpse is, there the 19vultures will gather.

29“But immediately after the 20tribulation of those days 21the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and 22the stars will fall from 23the sky, and the powers of 24the heavens will be shaken. 30And then 25the 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 26the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. 31And 27He will send forth His angels with 28a great trumpet and they will gather together His 2930elect from 31the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

32“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; 33so, you too, when you see all these things, 32recognize that 33He is near, right 34at the 35door. 34Truly I say to you, 36this 37generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 3538Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

36“But 39of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37For 40the 41coming of the Son of Man will be 42just like the days of Noah. 38For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, 43marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that 44Noah entered the ark, 39and they did not 45understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the 46coming of the Son of Man be. 40Then there will be two men in the field; one 47will be taken and one 48will be left. 4149Two women will be grinding at the 5051mill; one 52will be taken and one 53will be left.

42“Therefore 54be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43But 55be sure of this, that 56if the head of the house had known 57at 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 58broken into. 44For this reason 59you also must be ready; for 60the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

45“61Who then is the 62faithful and 63sensible slave whom his 64master 65put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46Blessed is that slave whom his 66master finds so doing when he comes. 47Truly I say to you that 67he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My 68master 69is not coming for a long time,’ 49and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50the 70master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,