Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
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Textual changes in favor of the newer Greek Texts are underlined.
1 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat on
the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy presence(a),
and of the end of the age(b)? 4 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
lead you astray. 5 For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am the Christ(c); and shall lead
many astray. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors
of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these
things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not
yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines
and earthquakes in divers places. 8 But all these
things are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall
they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill
you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my
name`s sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and
shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one
another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and
shall lead many astray. 12 And because iniquity
shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax
cold. 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same
shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony
unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When therefore ye see the abomination of
desolation(d), which was spoken of through
Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let
him that readeth understand), 16 then let them that
are in Judaea flee unto the mountains: 17 let him
that is on the housetop not go down to take out
things that are in his house: 18 and let him that is
in the field not return back to take his cloak. 19
But woe unto them that are with child and to them
that give suck in those days! 20 And pray ye that
your flight be not in the winter, neither on a
sabbath: 21 for then shall be great tribulation,
such as hath not been from the beginning of the
world until now, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And
except those days had been shortened, no flesh would
have been saved: but for the elect`s sake those days
shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say
unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe
[it] not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs,
and false prophets, and shall show great signs and
wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the
elect. 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26 If
therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in
the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the
inner chambers; believe [it] not. 27 For as the
lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen
even unto the west; so shall be the presence(a)
of the Son of man. 28 Wheresoever the corpse is,
there will the vultures be gathered together(e).
29 But immediately
after the tribulation of those days
the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light,
(Isaiah 13:10)
and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
30 and then shall
appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and
then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and
they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds
of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he
shall send forth his angels with a great trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect from the
four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her
branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its
leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; 33 even so
ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that
he is nigh, [even] at the doors. 34 Verily I say
unto you that, This generation shall not
pass away, till all these things be accomplished. 35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall
not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even
the angels of heaven, neither the Son(f), but
the Father only. 37 For as the days of Noah,
so shall be the presence(a) of the Son of
man. 38 For as in those days which were before the
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and
giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered
into the ark, 39 and they knew not until the flood
came, and took them all away; so also shall
be the presence(a) of the Son of man. 40 Then
shall two man be in the field; one is taken, and one
is left: 41 two women [shall be] grinding at the
mill; one is taken, and one is left. 42 Watch
therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord
cometh. 43 But know this, that if the master of the
house had known in what watch the thief was coming,
he would have watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken through. 44 Therefore be ye
also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son
of man cometh.
45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom
the lord(g) hath set over his
household, to give them their food in due season? 46
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord(g)
when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say
unto you, that he will set him over all that he
hath. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his
heart, My lord(g)
tarrieth; 49 and shall begin to beat his
fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the
drunken; 50 the lord(g)
of that servant shall come in a day when he
expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his
portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the
weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Footnotes
(a) Greek:
parousia. ASV and KJV translate this as "coming." Thayer's
Lexicon gives "presence" as the primary definition.
"Parousia" translated as "presence" and not as "coming",
can easily be derived from the context. Jesus answered his
disciples, "Just as the days of Noah were, so shall be the
presence of the Son of man."
If parousia was to be translated as "coming", referring to
the arrival only, then the comparison to the "days of
Noah", which is clearly a considerable period of time,
would not be a very valid comparison. The original ASV
says at Matthew 24:37, "And as were the days of Noah, so
shall be the coming of the Son of man." The word "coming"
does not fit grammatically with the comparison being made
with "the days of Noah". The word "coming" is a singular
event, whereas "days of Noah" is evidently a period of
time. The only way that comparison makes any sense is that
parousia at Matthew 24 can ONLY mean "presence".
(b) ASV & KJV has "world" here, however most
Bibles translate this as "age." See Thayer and BDAG.
(c) This verse reads 'I am Christ', lacking the
definite article, in the Geneva Bible (1599) and the KJV.
(d) Daniel
11:31; Daniel 12:11; 1 Maccabees 1:54. NRSV use the
phrase "desolating sacrifice."
(e) ASV: "Wheresoever the carcase is, there
will the eagles be gathered together."
(f) The UBS3 gives oude ho huios (nor the
Son) a C grade indicating a considerable
degree of doubt of these words. However, the UBS5
(United Bible Society's Greek New Testament, 5th
edition) upgraded oude ho huios (nor the Son)
to a B grade, giving these words more certainty.
Mark 13:32 has the same passage with the words in
question without any textual corruptions. That the
words oude ho huios (nor the Son) at Matthew
24:36 are in question at all is due to scribes
tampering with a text that is problematic if Christ
is indeed God.
(g) Lord,
Greek: Kyrios/KURIOS. The word is used as
a title of respect of men in authority, as
well as the Divine. Many translations
render this as "Master." Moffatt
translates this as "lord and master."
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