Matthew 24:28

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 17:37 : 37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
  • Job 39:27-30 : 27 Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, and makes his nest on high? 28 On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. 29 From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off. 30 His young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is."
  • Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
  • Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, "Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down. 3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them. 4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.

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  • Luke 17:36-37
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    36

    37They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."

  • Matt 24:26-27
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    26If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

    27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:29-31
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    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.

  • Jer 7:33
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    33The dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

  • Deut 28:26
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    26Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

  • Mark 13:24-27
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    24But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

    25the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

    26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

    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.

  • Isa 34:15
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    15The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.

  • Rev 19:17
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    17I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

  • Luke 17:23-24
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    23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

    24for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

  • Matt 24:14-18
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    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.

    17Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

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

  • Isa 18:6
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    6They will be left together for the ravenous birds of the mountains, and for the animals of the earth. The ravenous birds will summer on them, and all the animals of the earth will winter on them.

  • Luke 21:35
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    35For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

  • Luke 21:27-28
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    27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

    28But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."

  • Matt 24:33-34
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    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.

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

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

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    12But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

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    2They have given the dead bodies of your servants to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints to the animals of the earth.

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

  • Isa 24:13
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    13For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

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

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    17then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

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    14and the red kite, any kind of black kite,

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    41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

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    29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • Ezek 32:4
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    4I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.

  • Matt 24:7
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    7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

  • Job 28:7
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    7That path no bird of prey knows, neither has the falcon's eye seen it.

  • Luke 21:20
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    20"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

  • Mark 13:14
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    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,

  • Jer 4:13
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    13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.