Modern Literal Version
[Matthew 24]

     {It is best to always read Luke 21 first. See also: Luk 19:41-44 & Luk 23:28-31. Mat 24:1-26, 28 & Mar 13:1-23 & Luk 21:5-24 Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.}

     ^24:1 And Jesus went out, and was traveling away from the temple, and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. ^24:2 But Jesus said to them, Do you^* not see all these things? Assuredly I am saying to you^*, One stone may not be left here upon another stone, which will not be torn-down.

    

     ^24:3 Now while seating himself upon the Mountain of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your presence and of the end of the world?

     ^24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Beware^*, do^* not let anyone mislead you^*. ^24:5For^* many will be coming in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will be misleading many. ^24:6But you^* will be about to hear of wars and reports of wars; behold^*, do^* not be alarmed; for^* it is essential for allthese things to happen, but the end is not yet. ^24:7For^* nation will be raised against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in different places.^24:8 But all these things are the beginning of travails. ^24:9 Then they will be giving you^* up to affliction and will be killing you^*, and you^* will be hated by all the nations because of my name. ^24:10And then many will be offended, and will be giving up one another and will be hating one another.^24:11 And many false prophets will be raised and will be misleading many. ^24:12And because of the multiplying lawlessness, the love^* of the many will be cold. ^24:13But he who has endured to the end, this one will be saved. ^24:14And this good-news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited-earth, ^*for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will be coming.

     ^24:15Therefore, whenever you^* see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, stopping in the holy place, (let the one who is reading perceive), {Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, see Luke 21.}^24:16then let^* those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; ^24:17let the one who is upon the housetop not go-down to take the things out of his house, ^24:18and let the one who is in the field not turn behind to take his garments. ^24:19But woe to those who are holding a child in their womb {i.e. pregnant} and to those who are nursing in those days!^24:20But pray^* in order that your^* flight might not happen in the winter, nor on a Sabbath.^24:21 For^* then will be great affliction, such-as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor should never happen again. ^24:22And except those days were shortened, not any flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, those days will be shortened. ^24:23Then if anyone says to you^*, Behold, here is the Christ; or, over here is the Christ. Do^* not believe it. ^24:24For^* false Christs and false prophets will be raised and will be giving great signs and wonders; so-then to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. ^24:25Behold, I have spoken to you^* beforehand. ^24:26Therefore if they say to you^*, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do^* not go. Behold, he is in the storerooms; do^*not believe it.

     ^24:27For^* just-like the lightning comes from the east and appears insofar as the west; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man.

     ^24:28For^* wherever the corpse is, the vultures will be gathered together there.

          {Mat 24:27, 24:29-31 & Mar 13:24-37 & Luk 21:25-28 & Acts 1:11 & 1Th 4:13-17 & 2Th 1:7-9 & 1Co 15:51-15:58 & Rev 1:7 Second Coming.}

     ^24:29But immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not be giving her radiance, and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken; ^24:30and then the sign of the Son of Man will be appearing in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will be grieving, and they will be seeing the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and with much glory. ^24:31And he will be sending forth his messengers with a loud voice of a trumpet, and they will be gathering together his chosen from the four winds, fromthe tips of the heavens insofar as the tips of them.

     {Mat 24:32-35 & Mar 13:28-31 & Luk 21:29-33 Destruction of Jerusalem AD 70.}

     ^24:32Now learn^* from the fig tree its parable: whenever her branch already becomes tender andwhenever its foliage may spring forth, you^* know that the summer is near; ^24:33so also you^*, whenever you^* see all these things, know^* that it is near, even at the doors. ^24:34 Assuredly I am saying to you^*, This generation should never pass away, until all these things should happen. ^24:35The heaven and the earth will be passing away, but my words should never pass away.

     {Mat 24:36-44 & Mar 13:32-37 & Luk 21:34-36 Second Coming.}

     ^24:36But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only. ^24:37But just-like the days of Noah were, so will the presence of the Son of Man also be. ^24:38For^* just-like in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and betrothing, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, ^24:39and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so also will be the presence of the Son of Man. ^24:40 Then two men will be in the field; the one is taken and the one is left. ^24:41Two women will be grinding in the mill-house;the one is taken and the one is left. ^24:42 Therefore watch^*, because you^* do not know in what hour your^* Lord is coming. ^24:43But know^* this, that if the householder knew in what watch the thief is coming, he would have watched and would have not permitted his house roof to be burrowed through. ^24:44 Because of this, you^* also, become^* prepared, because the Son of Man is coming in an hour you^* do not think.

     {Mat 24:45-51 & Luk 21:37.}{Mat 25:1-46 Mountain of Olives, Tues.}

     ^24:45Who then is the faithful and prudent bondservant, whom his lord designated over his bondservants, to give them their nourishment in season? ^24:46That fortunate bondservant, whom,when his lord had come, will find him doing^* so. ^24:47 Assuredly I am saying to you^*, that he will be designating him over all his possessions. ^24:48But if that evil bondservant says in his heart, My lord is delaying to come; ^24:49and may begin to beat his fellow bondservants and to eat and drink with the drunken; ^24:50the lord of that bondservant will be coming in a day in which he is not expecting him, and in an hour which he does not know, ^24:51and will flog him, and will place his part with the hypocritesС the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.

Modern Literal Version Preface & Appendix , copyright 1987, 1999, 2013 by G. Allen Walker for the MLV New Testament Committee.
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