# Matthew 24

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2. But he answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">And as he sat on 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?</span> 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed that no man lead you astray.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things are the beginning of travail.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Behold, I have told you beforehand.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall 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:</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">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 on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">And he shall send forth 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.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.</span> (Matthew 24:1-51, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2. But he answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”</span> 3. As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?” 4. Jesus answered them, <span class="rl-speech">“Be careful that no one leads you astray.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will lead many astray.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">“Then if any man tells you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘There,’ don’t believe it.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">“Behold, I have told you beforehand.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">“Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near.</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Most certainly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My lord is delaying his coming,’</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.</span> (Matthew 24:1-51, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2. And Jesus said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 3. <span class="rl-speech">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?</span> 4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Take heed that no man deceive you.</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">All these are the beginning of sorrows.</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">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:)</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Behold, I have told you before.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">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:</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">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. <sup>with: or, with a trumpet, and a great voice</sup></span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. <sup>it: or, he</sup></span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">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,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">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.</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">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,</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. <sup>cut: or, cut him off</sup></span> (Matthew 24:1-51, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, 2. and Jesus said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Do ye not see all these? verily I say to you, There may not be left here a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.'</span> 3. And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these be? and what [is] the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?' 4. And Jesus answering said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Take heed that no one may lead you astray,</span> 5. <span class="rl-speech">for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall lead many astray,</span> 6. <span class="rl-speech">and ye shall begin to hear of wars, and reports of wars; see, be not troubled, for it behoveth all [these] to come to pass, but the end is not yet.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">'For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places;</span> 8. <span class="rl-speech">and all these [are] the beginning of sorrows;</span> 9. <span class="rl-speech">then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;</span> 10. <span class="rl-speech">and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.</span> 11. <span class="rl-speech">'And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;</span> 12. <span class="rl-speech">and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;</span> 13. <span class="rl-speech">but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;</span> 14. <span class="rl-speech">and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.</span> 15. <span class="rl-speech">'Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe)</span> 16. <span class="rl-speech">then those in Judea, let them flee to the mounts;</span> 17. <span class="rl-speech">he on the house-top, let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;</span> 18. <span class="rl-speech">and he in the field, let him not turn back to take his garments.</span> 19. <span class="rl-speech">'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;</span> 20. <span class="rl-speech">and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath;</span> 21. <span class="rl-speech">for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.</span> 22. <span class="rl-speech">And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.</span> 23. <span class="rl-speech">'Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here [is] the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;</span> 24. <span class="rl-speech">for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">Lo, I did tell you beforehand.</span> 26. <span class="rl-speech">'If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;</span> 27. <span class="rl-speech">for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.</span> 29. <span class="rl-speech">'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;</span> 30. <span class="rl-speech">and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory;</span> 31. <span class="rl-speech">and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.</span> 32. <span class="rl-speech">'And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer [is] nigh,</span> 33. <span class="rl-speech">so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh, at the doors.</span> 34. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known, not even the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only;</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">and as the days of Noah, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;</span> 38. <span class="rl-speech">for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.</span> 40. <span class="rl-speech">Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;</span> 41. <span class="rl-speech">two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.</span> 42. <span class="rl-speech">'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;</span> 43. <span class="rl-speech">and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;</span> 44. <span class="rl-speech">because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.</span> 45. <span class="rl-speech">'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season?</span> 46. <span class="rl-speech">Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;</span> 47. <span class="rl-speech">verily I say to you, that over all his substance he will set him.</span> 48. <span class="rl-speech">'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,</span> 49. <span class="rl-speech">and may begin to beat the fellow-servants, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,</span> 50. <span class="rl-speech">the lord of that servant will arrive in a day when he doth not expect, and in an hour of which he doth not know,</span> 51. <span class="rl-speech">and will cut him off, and his portion with the hypocrites will appoint; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.</span> (Matthew 24:1-51, YLT)

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 24.1-2](/codex/matthew-24-1-2/)
- [Deuteronomy 28-68 Slave Trade Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/deuteronomy-28-68-slave-trade-prophecy-objection-defeater/)
- [Did Jesus Send Muhammad Dilemma Argument](/codex/did-jesus-send-muhammad-dilemma-argument/), via [Matthew 24.24](/codex/matthew-24-24/), [Matthew 24.30](/codex/matthew-24-30/)
- [Failed Second Coming Prophecy Objection Defeater](/codex/failed-second-coming-prophecy-objection-defeater/)
- [Quranic Corruption Argument](/codex/quranic-corruption-argument/), via [Matthew 24.35](/codex/matthew-24-35/)
- [Satanic Fabrication Objection Defeater](/codex/satanic-fabrication-objection-defeater/), via [Matthew 24.24](/codex/matthew-24-24/)

**Concepts:**

- [Apostolic Age](/codex/apostolic-age/)
- [Biblical Prophecy](/codex/biblical-prophecy/)
- [Church at Jerusalem](/codex/church-at-jerusalem/)
- [Didache](/codex/didache/)
- [Eschatology](/codex/eschatology/)
- [Evilbible.com](/codex/evilbible-com/)
- [Father-Son Authority Asymmetry](/codex/father-son-authority-asymmetry/), via [Matthew 24.36](/codex/matthew-24-36/)
- [Genesis Flood](/codex/genesis-flood/)
- [God and the Killing of Children](/codex/god-and-the-killing-of-children/), via [Matthew 24.1-22](/codex/matthew-24-1-22/)
- [Inspiration](/codex/inspiration/), via [Matthew 24.35](/codex/matthew-24-35/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/)
- [Manuscripts](/codex/manuscripts/), via [Matthew 24.35](/codex/matthew-24-35/)
- [New Heavens and New Earth](/codex/new-heavens-and-new-earth/), via [Matthew 24.35](/codex/matthew-24-35/)
- [OT Authorship and Prophetic Tradition](/codex/ot-authorship-and-prophetic-tradition/), via [Matthew 24.15](/codex/matthew-24-15/)
- [Rapture Timing Comparison](/codex/rapture-timing-comparison/)
- [Trinity Common Objections](/codex/trinity-common-objections/), via [Matthew 24.36](/codex/matthew-24-36/)
- [Two-Stage Messianic Prophecy](/codex/two-stage-messianic-prophecy/)
- [Young Earth Creationism](/codex/young-earth-creationism/), via [Matthew 24.37-39](/codex/matthew-24-37-39/)

**People:**

- [Jesus](/codex/jesus/)
- [Matthew the Apostle](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1096 - ginomai](/codex/g1096-ginomai/), via [Matthew 24.34](/codex/matthew-24-34/)
- [G1401 - doulos](/codex/g1401-doulos/), via [Matthew 24.45-51](/codex/matthew-24-45-51/)
- [G1492 - oida](/codex/g1492-oida/), via [Matthew 24.36](/codex/matthew-24-36/)
- [G2098 - euangelion](/codex/g2098-euangelion/), via [Matthew 24.14](/codex/matthew-24-14/)
- [G2722 - katecho](/codex/g2722-katecho/), via [Matthew 24.14](/codex/matthew-24-14/)
- [G3056 - logos](/codex/g3056-logos/), via [Matthew 24.35](/codex/matthew-24-35/)
- [G3952 - parousia](/codex/g3952-parousia/), via [Matthew 24.27](/codex/matthew-24-27/), [Matthew 24.3](/codex/matthew-24-3/), [Matthew 24.37](/codex/matthew-24-37/), [Matthew 24.39](/codex/matthew-24-39/)
- [G4982 - sozo](/codex/g4982-sozo/), via [Matthew 24.22](/codex/matthew-24-22/)
- [G5056 - telos](/codex/g5056-telos/), via [Matthew 24.13-14](/codex/matthew-24-13-14/), [Matthew 24.6](/codex/matthew-24-6/)
- [G932 - basileia](/codex/g932-basileia/), via [Matthew 24.34](/codex/matthew-24-34/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.