THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW

THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED FROM
THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION BY JAMES MURDOCK

Chapter 24

(Mat 24:1) And Jesus passed out of the temple to go away: and his disciples came to him, showing him the structure of the temple.

(Mat 24:2) And he said to them: See ye not all these? Verily I say to you, There will not be left here a stone upon a stone, that is not demolished.

(Mat 24:3) And as Jesus sat on the mount of Olives, his disciples came, and said between themselves and him: Tell us when these things are to be; and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world.

(Mat 24:4) Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed, that no one deceive you.

(Mat 24:5) For many will come in my name, and will say, I am the Messiah: and they will deceive many.

(Mat 24:6) And ye are to hear of conflicts, and the rumor of battles. See that ye be not disquieted: for all these things must come; but the consummation is not yet.

(Mat 24:7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places.

(Mat 24:8) But all these are only the commencement of sorrows.

(Mat 24:9) And they will deliver you up to tribulation, and will kill you: and ye will be hated by all nations, on account of my name.

(Mat 24:10) Then many will be stumbled: and they will hate one another, and will betray one another.

(Mat 24:11) And many false prophets will rise up; and they will deceive many.

(Mat 24:12) And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will decline.

(Mat 24:13) But he that shall persevere to the end, will have life.

(Mat 24:14) And this announcement of the kingdom shall be published in all the world, for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation.

(Mat 24:15) And when ye see the abominable sign of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place; then let the reader consider;

(Mat 24:16) and then let them who are in Judaea, flee to the mountain:

(Mat 24:17) and let him who is on the roof, not come down to take what is in his house:

(Mat 24:18) and let him who is in the field, not return back to take his clothing.

(Mat 24:19) But woe to those with child, and to them that are nursing, in those days.

(Mat 24:20) And pray ye, that your flight be not in winter, or on the sabbath.

(Mat 24:21) For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the commencement of the world, until now, and will not be.

(Mat 24:22) And unless those days should be cut short, no flesh would remain alive. But, for the elect's sake, those days will be cut short.

(Mat 24:23) Then, if any one shall say to you, Lo, the Messiah is here, or is there; give no credence.

(Mat 24:24) For there will arise false Messiahs, and mendacious prophets; who will exhibit great signs, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

(Mat 24:25) Behold, I have told you beforehand.

(Mat 24:26) If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not out: or, Behold, he is in a secret chamber; give no credence.

(Mat 24:27) As the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth unto the west, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

(Mat 24:28) And wherever the carcass may be, there will the eagles be congregated.

(Mat 24:29) And immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not show her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be agitated.

(Mat 24:30) And then will be seen the signal of the Son of man in heaven: and then will all the tribes of the earth mourn, when they see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.

(Mat 24:31) And he will send his angels with a great trumpet and they will collect together his elect from the four winds, from one extremity of heaven to the other.

(Mat 24:32) And learn ye an illustration from the fig-tree. As soon as its branches become tender and its leaves shoot forth, ye know that summer is coming on.

(Mat 24:33) So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh, [even] at the door.

(Mat 24:34) Verily I say to you, That this generation shall not pass away, till all these things shall be.

(Mat 24:35) Heaven and earth will pass away; but my words shall not pass away.

(Mat 24:36) But of that day and of that hour, knoweth no man, nor even the angels of heaven, but the Father only.

(Mat 24:37) And as the days of Noah, so will the coming of the Son of man be.

(Mat 24:38) For as, before the flood, they were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving to husbands, up to the day that Noah entered the ark,

(Mat 24:39) and knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of man be.

(Mat 24:40) Then will two [men] be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left.

(Mat 24:41) Two [women] will be grinding at the mill; the one taken, and the other left.

(Mat 24:42) Watch, therefore, since ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh.

(Mat 24:43) But know this, that if the lord of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have been awake, and would not have suffered his house to be broken into.

(Mat 24:44) Therefore, be ye also ready; for at an hour ye do not expect, the Son of man will come.

(Mat 24:45) Who then, is that faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath placed over his domestics, to give them their food in its time?

(Mat 24:46) Happy is that servant, whom, when his lord shall come, he will find so doing.

(Mat 24:47) Verily I say to you, He will place him over all that he hath.

(Mat 24:48) But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

(Mat 24:49) and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards;

(Mat 24:50) the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not,

(Mat 24:51) and will cut him asunder, and will assign him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.