Warnings in Matthew 24

Apart from the Book of Revelation, Matthew 24 is probably the most mentioned chapter in the Bible regarding The End Times. I have always considered it a book with many warnings. I decided to count them and take them at face value. I counted 67 warnings total. I have put them in bold and each one is counted on the left, before the warning. The entire chapter is here for reference.

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple:
and His disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?
verily I say unto you,
1) There shall not be left here one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down.
v2

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? v3
And Jesus answered and said unto them,
2) Take heed that no man deceive you. v4
3) For many shall come in My name, saying,
I am Christ; and shall deceive many. v5

4) And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
5) see that ye be not troubled:
6) for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. v6

7) For nation shall rise against nation,
8) and kingdom against kingdom:
9) and there shall be famines,
10) and pestilences,
11) and earthquakes, in divers places. v7

12) All these are the beginning of sorrows. v8
13) Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted,
14) and shall kill you:
15) and ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake. v9
16) And then shall many be offended,
17) and shall betray one another,
18) and shall hate one another. v10

19) And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. v11

20) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. v12

21) But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. v13

22) 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
. v14

23) 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:)
v15

24) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: v16

25) Let him which is on the housetop not come down
to take any thing out of his house
: v17

26) Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. v18

27)  And woe unto them that are with child,
and to them that give suck in those days
! v19

28) But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
29) neither on the sabbath day: v20

30) For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time,
no, nor ever shall be
. v21

31) And except those days should be shortened,
there should no flesh be saved:
but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
v22

32) Then if any man shall say unto you,
Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not
. v23

33) For there shall arise false Christs,
34) and false prophets,
35) and shall shew great signs and wonders;
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect
. v24

36) Behold, I have told you before. v25

Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
37) Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth:
38) behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. v26

39) 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
. v27

40) For wheresoever the carcase is,
there will the eagles be gathered together
. v28 

41) Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened,
42) and the moon shall not give her light,
43) and the stars shall fall from heaven,
44) and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: v29

45) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
46) and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
47) and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory
. v30

48) And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
49) and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other
. v31

50) Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is nigh
: v32

51) So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,
know that it is near, even at the doors
. v33

Verily I say unto you,
52) This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. v34

53) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.v35

54) But of that day and hour knoweth no man,
no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only
. v36

55) But as the days of Noah were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be
. v37

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, v38
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
56) so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. v39

57) Then shall two be in the field;
the one shall be taken, and the other left
. v40
58) Two women shall be grinding at the mill;
the one shall be taken, and the other left
. v41

59) Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. v42

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. v43

60) Therefore be ye also ready:
for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh
. v44

Promise for the wise servant:
Who then is a faithful and wise servant,
whom his lord hath made ruler over his household,
to give them meat in due season? v45
Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. v46
Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. v47

61) But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart,
My lord delayeth his coming
; v48
62) And shall begin to smite his fellowservants,
63) and to eat and drink with the drunken; v49

64) 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, v50
65) And shall cut him asunder,
66) and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites:
67) there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. v51

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.