Gospel According to Matthew - Modern Literal Version

Gospel According to Matthew (MLV)

Matthew 24)

^24:1 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. ^24:2 But Jesus said to them, Do you* not see all these things? Truly I say to you*, There will not be left here one stone upon another, that will not be torn down.

^24:3 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? And what shall be the sign of your coming* and of the end of the world? ^24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them, See that you* do not let anyone mislead you*. ^24:5 For* many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and will mislead many. ^24:6 But you* are about to hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you* are not upset: for* all these things must happen; but the end is not yet. ^24:7 For* nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines and pestilence and earthquakes in different places. ^24:8 But all these things are the beginning of travail. ^24:9 Then they will deliver you* up to tribulation and will kill you* and you* will be hated by all the nations because of my name. ^24:10 And then many will be offended and will deliver up one another and will hate one another. ^24:11 And many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. ^24:12 And because lawlessness will be multiplied, the love* of the many will become-cold. ^24:13 But he who endures to the end, this one will be saved. ^24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world* for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.

^24:15 When therefore you* see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet {Da 9:27 & 11:31 & 12:11 (the destruction of Jerusalem, Luke 21)}, standing in the holy place (let him who is reading perceive), ^24:16 then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains: ^24:17 let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house: ^24:18 and let him who is in the field not return back to take his garments. ^24:19 But woe to those who are with child and to those who are nursing in those days! ^24:20 And pray that your* flight is not in the winter, nor on a Sabbath: ^24:21 for* then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will happen. ^24:22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but because of the chosen those days will be shortened. ^24:23 Then if anyone says to you*, Behold, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not believe it. ^24:24 For* false Christs and false prophets will arise and will give great signs and wonders; so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen. ^24:25 Behold, I have told you* beforehand. ^24:26 If therefore they will say to you*, Behold, he is in the wilderness; do not go forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; do not believe it. ^24:27 For* as the lightning comes forth from the east and is seen even to the west; so also will be the coming* of the Son of Man. ^24:28 For* wherever the carcass is, the eagles will be gathered together there.

^24:29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give her radiance and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken: ^24:30 and then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth will grieve and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ^24:31 And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the tip of heaven to the tip thier four winds.

^24:32 Now from the fig tree learn its parable: when its branch has already become tender and its leaves have sprung forth, you* know that the summer is near; ^24:33 even so you* also, when you* see all these things, you* know that it is near, even at the doors. ^24:34 Truly I say to you*, This generation will not pass away, until all these things happen. ^24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. ^24:36 But concerning that day and the hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, except my Father only. ^24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming* of the Son of Man be. ^24:38 For* as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, ^24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away; so also the coming* of the Son of Man will be. ^24:40 Then two men will be in the field; the one is taken and the one is left: ^24:41 two women will be grinding in the mill; one is taken and one is left. ^24:42 Watch therefore: because you* do not know in what hour your* Lord is coming. ^24:43 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 have not permitted his house wall to be dug through. ^24:44 Because of this you* also become ready; because in an hour you* do not think: the Son of Man will come.

^24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent bondservant, whom his lord has designated over his household, to give them their food in due season? ^24:46 Blessed is that bondservant, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing. ^24:47 Truly I say to you*, that he will designated him over all his property. ^24:48 But if that evil bondservant will say in his heart, My lord is delaying to come; ^24:49 and will begin to beat his fellow-bondservants and to eat and drink with the drunken; ^24:50 the lord of that bondservant will come in a day when he does not expect and in an hour which he does not know, ^24:51 and will flog him and appoint* his part with the hypocrites: the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.