Matthew 24:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

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  • Dan 12:1 : 1 And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.
  • Zech 14:2-3 : 2 For I will get all the nations together to make war against Jerusalem; and the town will be overcome, and the goods taken from the houses, and the women taken by force: and half the town will go away as prisoners, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the town. 3 Then the Lord will go out and make war against those nations, as he did in the day of the fight.
  • Luke 21:24 : 24 And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
  • 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
  • Luke 19:43-44 : 43 For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side, 44 And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
  • Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For the Lord is coming with fire, and his war-carriages will be like the storm-wind; to give punishment in the heat of his wrath, and his passion is like flames of fire. 16 For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 And at the end of the times, even after the sixty-two weeks, one on whom the holy oil has been put will be cut off and have no ...; and the town and the holy place will be made waste together with a prince; and the end will come with an overflowing of waters, and even to the end there will be war; the making waste which has been fixed.
  • Ps 69:22-28 : 22 Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them. 23 Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking. 24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them. 25 Give their houses to destruction, and let there be no one in their tents. 26 Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you. 27 Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness. 28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.
  • Isa 65:12-16 : 12 Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me. 13 For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed: 14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit. 15 And your name will become a curse to my people, and the Lord God will put you to death, and give his servants another name: 16 So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.
  • Zech 11:8-9 : 8 And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me. 9 And I said, I will not take care of you: If death comes to any, let death be its fate; if any is cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest take one another's flesh for food.
  • Joel 1:2 : 2 Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

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  • Mark 13:17-20
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    17And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

    18And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter.

    19For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

    20And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

  • Matt 24:22-24
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    22And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

    23Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

    24For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

  • Matt 24:13-20
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    13But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

    14And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

    15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

    16Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

    17Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

    18And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

    19But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

    20And say a prayer that your flight may not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

  • Matt 24:6-9
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    6And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

    7For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

    8But all these things are the first of the troubles.

    9Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

  • Matt 24:29-31
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    29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

    30And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

    31And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  • Mark 13:24-25
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    24But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

    25And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

  • Matt 24:37
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    37And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:33-35
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    33Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    34Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    35Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Jer 30:7
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    7Ha! for that day is so great that there is no day like it: it is the time of Jacob's trouble: but he will get salvation from it.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

    10Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

    11There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

  • Luke 21:21-25
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    21Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains; and those who are in the middle of the town go out; and let not those who are in the country come in.

    22For these are the days of punishment, in which all the things in the Writings will be put into effect.

    23It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

    24And they will be put to death with the sword, and will be taken as prisoners into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be crushed under the feet of the Gentiles, till the times of the Gentiles are complete.

    25And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

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    8Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

  • Dan 12:1
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    1And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.

  • Matt 24:39
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    39And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Rev 16:18
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    18And there were flames and voices and thunders; and there was a great earth-shock so that never, from the time when men were on the earth, had there been so great an earth-shock, so full of power.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

  • Luke 21:32-33
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    32Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

    33Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Joel 2:2
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    2For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

  • Mark 13:14
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    14But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

  • Luke 17:26
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    26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.

  • Isa 24:19
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    19The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

  • Mark 13:31
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    31Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.