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King James Bible

Jesus Speaks about the Future

As Jesus was leaving the Temple grounds, his disciples pointed out to him the various Temple buildings.

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Temple Destruction Foretold

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

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But he responded, “Do you see all these buildings? I tell you the truth, they will be completely demolished. Not one stone will be left on top of another!”

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And 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.

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Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?a”

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And 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?

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Jesus told them, “Don’t let anyone mislead you,

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

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for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many.

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False Christs

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

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And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately.

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And 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.

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Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.

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

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But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

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All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.b

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Witnessing to All Nations

Then 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.

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And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.

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

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And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people.

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

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Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.

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

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But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

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

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And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nationsc will hear it; and then the end will come.

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

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“The day is coming when you will see what Daniel the prophet spoke about — the sacrilegious object that causes desecrationd standing in the Holy Place.” (Reader, pay attention!)

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The Abomination of Desolation

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

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“Then those in Judea must flee to the hills.

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

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A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack.

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

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A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.

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

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How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days.

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

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And pray that your flight will not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

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

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For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.

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

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In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive. But it will be shortened for the sake of God’s chosen ones.

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

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“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it.

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

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For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.

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For 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.

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See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.

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Behold, I have told you before.

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“So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it!

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The Return of the Son of Man

Wherefore 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.

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For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Mane comes.

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For 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.

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Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.f

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

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“Immediately after the anguish of those days,
the sun will be darkened,
the moon will give no light,
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.g

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Immediately 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:

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And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.h

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And 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.

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And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the worldi — from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

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And 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.

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“Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.

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The lesson of the Fig Tree

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

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In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door.

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

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I tell you the truth, this generationj will not pass from the scene until all these things take place.

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

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Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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

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“However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself.k Only the Father knows.

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Be Ready at Any Hour

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

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“When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.

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

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In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat.

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For 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,

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People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

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

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“Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left.

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

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Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.

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

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“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

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

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Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into.

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But 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.

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You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

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Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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“A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

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Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

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If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job, there will be a reward.

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Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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I tell you the truth, the master will put that servant in charge of all he owns.

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Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

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But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be back for a while,’

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But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

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and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting drunk?

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And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

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The master will return unannounced and unexpected,

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The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

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and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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