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207 Matthew 24
31 Wherefore be witnesses to yourselves,
that you are the children of them which
killed the prophets.
32 Fill up then the measure of your fathers.
33 You serpents, you generation of vipers,
how can you escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send to you
prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and
some of them you shall kill and crucify;
and some of them shall you scourge in
your synagogues, and persecute them from
city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous
blood shed upon the earth, from
the blood of righteous Abel to the blood
of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you
slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say to you, All these things
shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill
the prophets, and stone them which are
sent to you, how often would I have gathered
your children together, even as a hen
gathers her chickens under her wings,
and you would not!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 For I say to you, You shall not see me
henceforth, till you shall say, Blessed is
he that comes in the name of the Lord.
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CHAPTER 24
ND Jesus went out, and departed
from the temple: and his disciples
came to him for to show him the buildings
of the temple.
2 And Jesus said to them, Do you not see
all these things? verily I say to you, There
shall not be left here one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives,
the disciples came to him privately,
saying, Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the sign of your
coming, and of the end of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said to them,
Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying,
I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
6 And you shall hear of wars and rumors
of wars: see that you be not troubled: for
all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall
be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and
shall betray one another, and shall hate
one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound,
the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure to the end,
the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a witness
to all nations; and then shall the end
23:33 Hell: For verses warning of its reality, see Matthew 25:41.
24:2 Historian Josephus wrote of the temple’s destruction by Romans in A.D. 70: “They carried
away every stone of the sacred temple, partially in a frenzied search for every last piece of the gold
ornamentation melted in the awful heat of the fire. They then plowed the ground level, and since it
had already been sown with its defenders’ blood, they sowed it with salt” (Wars of the Jews). See
also Mark 13:2.
24:3 For more signs of the end times, see Mark 13:4.
24:7 The Bible informs us that in the last days there will be earthquakes in different places. This
was stated 2,000 years ago, and there is little historical data regarding the size, frequency, and location
of earthquakes. One thing is certain: earthquakes in different places are a sign of these
times.
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