马太福音 24
预言圣殿被毁
（可13．1－2；路21．5－6）
1 耶稣出了圣殿，正离开的时候，门徒前来，把圣殿的建筑指给他看。 2 耶稣回应他们说：“你们不是看见这一切吗？我实在告诉你们，这里将没有一块石头会留在另一块石头上，而不被拆毁的。”
终局的预兆
（可13．3－13；路21．7－19）
3 耶稣在橄榄山上坐着，门徒私下进前来问他：“请告诉我们，什么时候有这些事呢？你来临和世代的终结有什么预兆呢？” 4 耶稣回答他们：“你们要谨慎，免得有人迷惑你们。 5 因为将有好些人冒我的名来，说‘我是基督’，并且要迷惑许多人。 6 你们也将听见打仗和打仗的风声。注意，不要惊慌！因为这些事必须发生，但这还不是终结。 7 民要攻打民，国要攻打国，多处必有饥荒、地震。 8 这都是灾难t的起头。 9 那时，人要使你们陷在患难里，也要杀害你们；你们又要为我的名被万民憎恨。 10 那时，会有许多人跌倒，也会彼此陷害，彼此憎恨； 11 且有好些假先知起来，迷惑许多人。 12 因为不法的事增多，许多人的爱心渐渐冷淡了。 13 但坚忍到底的终必得救。 14 这天国的福音要传遍天下，对万民作见证，然后终结才来到。”
大灾难
（可13．14－23；路21．20－24）
15 “当你们看见先知但以理所说的那‘施行毁灭的亵渎者’站在圣地（读这经的人要会意）， 16 那时，在犹太的，应当逃到山上； 17 在屋顶上的，不要下来拿家里的东西； 18 在田里的，不要回去取衣裳。 19 在那些日子，怀孕的和奶孩子的就苦了。 20 你们要祈求，好让你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天或安息日。 21 因为那时必有大灾难，自从世界的起头直到如今，从没有这样的灾难，将来也不会有。 22 若不减少那些日子，凡血肉之躯的，就没有一个能得救；可是为了选民，那些日子将减少。 23 那时，若有人对你们说：‘看哪，基督在这里！’或‘在那里！’你们不要信。 24 因为假基督和假先知将要起来，显大神迹、大奇事，如果可能，要把选民也迷惑了。 25 看哪，我已经预先告诉你们了。 26 若有人对你们说：‘看哪，基督在旷野里！’你们不要出去；或说：‘看哪，基督在内室中！’你们不要信。 27 好像闪电从东边发出，直照到西边，人子来临也要这样。 28 尸首在哪里，鹰也会聚在哪里。”
人子的来临
（可13．24－27；路21．25－28）
29 “那些日子的灾难一过去， 太阳要变黑， 月亮也不放光， 众星要从天上坠落， 天上的万象都要震动。
30 那时，人子的预兆要显在天上，地上的万族都要哀哭。他们要看见人子带着能力和大荣耀，驾着天上的云来临。 31 他要差遣天使，用大声的号筒，从四方，从天这边直到天那边，召集他的选民。”
从无花果树学功课
（可13．28－31；路21．29－33）
32 “你们要从无花果树学习功课：当树枝发芽长叶的时候，你们就知道夏天近了。 33 同样，当你们看见这一切，就知道那时候近了，就在门口了。 34 我实在告诉你们，这世代还没有过去，这一切都要发生。 35 天地要废去，我的话却绝不废去。”
那日那时没有人知道
（可13．32－37；路17．26－30，34－36）
36 “但那日子，那时辰，没有人知道，连天上的天使也不知道，子也不知道，惟有父知道。 37 挪亚的日子怎样，人子来临也要怎样。 38 在洪水以前的那些日子，人照常吃喝嫁娶，直到挪亚进方舟的那日， 39 不知不觉洪水来了，把他们全都冲去。人子来临也要这样。 40 那时，两个人在田里，一个被接去，一个被撇下。 41 两个女人推磨，一个被接去，一个被撇下。 42 所以，你们要警醒，因为不知道你们的主哪一天来到。 43 你们要知道，一家的主人若知道晚上什么时候有贼来，就必警醒，不让贼挖穿房屋。 44 所以，你们也要预备，因为在你们想不到的时候，人子就来了。”
忠心和不忠心的仆人
（路12．41－48）
45 “那么，谁是那忠心又精明的仆人，主人派他管理自己的家仆、按时分粮给他们的呢？ 46 主人来到，看见仆人这样做，那仆人就有福了。 47 我实在告诉你们，主人要派他管理所有的财产。 48 如果那恶仆心里说：‘我的主人会来得迟’， 49 就动手打他的同伴，又和醉酒的人一同吃喝， 50 在想不到的日子，不知道的时候，那仆人的主人要来， 51 重重地惩罚他t，定他和假冒为善的人同罪，在那里他要哀哭切齿了。”
MATTHEW 24
The Temple Will Be Destroyed
(Mark 13.1,2; Luke 21.5,6)
1 After Jesus left the temple, his disciples came over and said, “Look at all these buildings!”
2 Jesus replied, “Do you see these buildings? They will certainly be torn down! Not one stone will be left in place.”Warning about Trouble
(Mark 13.3-13; Luke 21.7-19)
3 t Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him in private and asked, “When will this happen? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?”
4 Jesus answered:
Don't let anyone fool you.
5 Many will come and claim to be me. They will say they are the Messiah, and they will fool many people.
6 You will soon hear about wars and threats of wars, but don't be afraid. These things will have to happen first, but that isn't the end. 7 t Nations and kingdoms will go to war against each other. People will starve to death, and in some places there will be earthquakes.
8 But this is just the beginning of troubles.
9 t You will be arrested, punished, and even killed. Because of me, you will be hated by people of all nations. 10 Many will give up and will betray and hate each other. 11 Many false prophets will come and fool a lot of people. 12 Evil will spread and cause many people to stop loving others. 13 t But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.
14 When the good news about the kingdom has been preached all over the world and told to all nations, the end will come.The Horrible Thing
(Mark 13.14-23; Luke 21.20-24)
15 t Someday you will see that “Horrible Thing” in the holy place, just as the prophet Daniel said. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! 16 If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains. 17 t If you are on the rooft of your house, don't go inside to get anything. 18 If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat. 19 It will be a terrible time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children. 20 And pray that you won't have to escape in winter or on a Sabbath.t 21 t This will be the worst time of suffering since the beginning of the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.
22 If God doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of God's chosen ones, he will make the time shorter.
23 Someone may say, “Here is the Messiah!” or “There he is!” But don't believe it. 24 False messiahs and false prophets will come and work great miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones. 25 But I have warned you ahead of time. 26 t If you are told the Messiah is out in the desert, don't go there! And if you are told he is in some secret place, don't believe it! 27 The coming of the Son of Man will be like lightning that can be seen from east to west.
28 t Where there is a corpse, there will always be vultures.tWhen the Son of Man //Appears
(Mark 13.24-27; Luke 21.25-28)
29 t Right after those days of suffering,
“The sun will become dark,
and the moon
will no longer shine.
The stars will fall,
and the powers in the skyt
will be shaken.”
30 t Then a sign will appear in the sky. And there will be the Son of Man.t All nations on earth will weep when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31 At the sound of a loud trumpet, he will send his angels to bring his chosen ones together from all over the earth.A Lesson from a Fig Tree
(Mark 13.28-31; Luke 21.29-33)
32 Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know summer is near. 33 So when you see all these things happening, you will know the time has almost come.t 34 I can promise you that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens.
35 The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will.No One Knows the Day //or Time
(Mark 13.32-37; Luke 17.26-30,34-36)
36 No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know.t Only the Father knows. 37 t When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived. 38 People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day the flood came and Noah went into the big boat.
39 t They didn't know anything was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. This is how it will be when the Son of Man appears.
40 Two men will be in the same field, but only one will be taken. The other will be left. 41 Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left. 42 So be on your guard! You don't know when your Lord will come. 43 t Homeowners never know when a thief is coming, and they are always on guard to keep one from breaking in.
44 Always be ready! You don't know when the Son of Man will come.Faithful and Unfaithful Servants
(Luke 12.35-48)
45 Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time? 46 Servants are fortunate if their master comes and finds them doing their job. 47 You may be sure a servant who is always faithful will be put in charge of everything the master owns. 48 But suppose one of the servants thinks the master won't return until late. 49 Suppose this evil servant starts beating the other servants and eats and drinks with people who are drunk. 50 If that happens, the master will surely come on a day and at a time when the servant least expects him. 51 This servant will then be punished and thrown out with the ones who only pretended to serve their master. There they will cry and grit their teeth in pain.