Matthew 24:32-51 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 24:32-51

The Parable of the Fig Tree

32 “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33 so, you too, when you see all these things, ¹recognize that ²He is near, right ^aat the ³door. 34 Truly I say to you, ^athis ¹generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 35 ^aHeaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
36 “But ^aof that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 For ^ajust as the days of Noah were, so the ^bcoming of the Son of Man will be. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, ^amarrying and giving in marriage, until the day that ^bNoah entered the ark, 39 and they did not ¹understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the ^acoming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then there will be two in the field; one ¹will be taken, and one ¹will be left. 41 ^aTwo women will be grinding grain at the ¹^bmill; one ²will be taken and one ²will be left.

Be Ready for His Coming

42 “Therefore ^astay awake, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. 43 But ¹be sure of this, that ^aif the head of the house had known ^bat what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed his house to be ²broken into. 44 For this reason ^ayou also must be ready; for ^bthe Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.
45 “^aWho then is the ^bfaithful and ^cprudent slave whom his ¹master ^dput in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that slave whom his ¹master finds so doing when he comes. 47 Truly I say to you that ^ahe will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48 But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My ¹master ²is not coming for a long time,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the ¹master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, 51 and will ¹cut him in pieces and ²assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be ^aweeping and gnashing of teeth.