Matthew 24:22

World English Bible (2000)

Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

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  • Mark 13:20 : 20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
  • Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Thus says Yahweh, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it:' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 If there is a tenth left in it, that also will in turn be consumed: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled; so the holy seed is its stock."
  • Zech 13:8 : 8 It shall happen that in all the land," says Yahweh, "two parts in it will be cut off and die; but the third will be left in it.
  • Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
  • Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few chosen."
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
  • Rom 11:25-31 : 25 For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 27 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins." 28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
  • 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:17-24
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    93%

    17But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

    18Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.

    19For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

    20Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

    21Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

    22For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

    23But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

    24But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

  • Matt 24:18-21
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    79%

    18Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

    19But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!

    20Pray that your flight will not be in the winter, nor on a Sabbath,

    21for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

  • Matt 24:23-25
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    73%

    23"Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.

    24For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

    25"Behold, I have told you beforehand.

  • Matt 24:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

    14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

    15"When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

    16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  • Matt 24:28-31
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    70%

    28For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.

    29But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;

    30and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

    31He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

  • Rom 9:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;

    28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."

  • Mark 13:27
    70%

    27Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

  • Luke 21:21-23
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    69%

    21Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

    22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

    23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

  • Matt 24:33-37
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    68%

    33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    34Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

    35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

    36But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

    37"As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Jer 30:7
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    7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

  • Matt 10:22
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    22You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Mark 13:13-14
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    13You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

    14But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    67%

    10Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Matt 22:14
    66%

    14For many are called, but few chosen."

  • Matt 24:39-40
    2 verses
    66%

    39and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

    40Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;

  • Matt 24:44
    65%

    44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

  • Lev 23:29
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    29For whoever it is who shall not deny himself in that same day; shall be cut off from his people.

  • Luke 21:32
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    32Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.

  • Dan 12:1
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    1"At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who shall be found written in the book.

  • Luke 17:30
    64%

    30It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Mark 13:31
    64%

    31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

  • Luke 21:18
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    18And not a hair of your head will perish.