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title: "Matthew 24 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Matthew 24

Matthew 24 is chapter 24 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 51 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ foretells the destruction of the temple, with the signs that shall come before it and before the last judgment. We must always watch.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 24 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. And Jesus departed from the temple and went away. And his disciples approached him, so as to show him the buildings of the temple.
2. But he said to them in response: “Do you see all these things? Amen I say to you, there shall not remain here stone upon stone, which is not torn down.”
3. Then, when he was seated at the Mount of Olives, the disciples drew near to him privately, saying: “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of your advent and of the consummation of the age?”
4. And answering, Jesus said to them: “Pay attention, lest someone lead you astray.
5. For many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ.’ And they will lead many astray.
6. For you will hear of battles and rumors of battles. Take care not to be disturbed. For these things must be, but the end is not so soon.
7. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places.
8. But all these things are just the beginning of the sorrows.
9. Then they will hand you over to tribulation, and they will kill you. And you will be hated by all nations for the sake of my name.
10. And then many will be led into sin, and will betray one another, and will have hatred for one another.
11. And many false prophets will arise, and they will lead many astray.
12. And because iniquity has abounded, the charity of many will grow cold.
13. But whoever will have persevered until the end, the same shall be saved.
14. And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached throughout the entire world, as a testimony to all nations. And then the consummation will occur.
15. Therefore, when you will have seen the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place, may he who reads understand,
16. then those who are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains.
17. And whoever is on the roof, let him not descend to take anything from his house.
18. And whoever is in the field, let him not turn back to take his tunic.
19. So then, woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days.
20. But pray that your flight may not be in winter, or on the Sabbath.
21. For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until the present, and such as will not be.
22. And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened.
23. Then if anyone will have said to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘he is there,’ do not be willing to believe it.
24. For there will arise false Christs and false prophets. And they will produce great signs and wonders, so much so as to lead into error even the elect (if this could be).
25. Behold, I have warned you beforehand.
26. Therefore, if they will have said to you, ‘Behold, he is in the desert,’ do not choose to go out, or, ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not be willing to believe it.
27. For just as lightning goes out from the east, and appears even in the west, so shall it be also at the advent of the Son of man.
28. Wherever the body shall be, there also will the eagles be gathered together.
29. And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30. And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven. And then all tribes of the earth shall mourn. And they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with great power and majesty.
31. And he shall send out his Angels with a trumpet and a great voice. And they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the heights of the heavens, even to their furthest limits.
32. So, from the fig tree learn a parable. When its branch has now become tender and the leaves have sprung forth, you know that summer is near.
33. So also, when you will have seen all these things, know that it is near, even at the threshold.
34. Amen I say to you, that this lineage shall not pass away, until all these things have been done.
35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36. But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, not even the Angels of the heavens, but only the Father.
37. And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.
38. For it will be just as it was in the days before the flood: eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, even until that day when Noah entered into the ark.
39. And they did not realize it, until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the advent of the Son of man be.
40. Then two men will be in a field: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.
41. Two women will be grinding at a millstone: one will be taken up, and one will be left behind.
42. Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return.
43. But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into.
44. For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return.
45. Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time?
46. Blessed is that servant, if, when his lord has arrived, he shall find him doing so.
47. Amen I say to you, he shall appoint him over all of his goods.
48. But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’
49. and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated:
50. then the lord of that servant will arrive on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know.
51. And he shall separate him, and he shall place his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

## Matthew 24 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Et egressus Jesus de templo, ibat. Et accesserunt discipuli ejus, ut ostenderent ei ædificationes templi.
2. Ipse autem respondens dixit illis: Videtis hæc omnia? amen dico vobis, non relinquetur hic lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur.
3. Sedente autem eo super montem Oliveti, accesserunt ad eum discipuli secreto, dicentes: Dic nobis, quando hæc erunt? et quod signum adventus tui, et consummationis sæculi?
4. Et respondens Jesus, dixit eis: Videte ne quis vos seducat:
5. multi enim venient in nomine meo, dicentes: Ego sum Christus: et multos seducent.
6. Audituri enim estis prælia, et opiniones præliorum. Videte ne turbemini: oportet enim hæc fieri, sed nondum est finis:
7. consurget enim gens in gentem, et regnum in regnum, et erunt pestilentiæ, et fames, et terræmotus per loca:
8. hæc autem omnia initia sunt dolorum.
9. Tunc tradent vos in tribulationem, et occident vos: et eritis odio omnibus gentibus propter nomen meum.
10. Et tunc scandalizabuntur multi, et invicem tradent, et odio habebunt invicem.
11. Et multi pseudoprophetæ surgent, et seducent multos.
12. Et quoniam abundavit iniquitas, refrigescet caritas multorum:
13. qui autem perseveraverit usque in finem, hic salvus erit.
14. Et prædicabitur hoc Evangelium regni in universo orbe, in testimonium omnibus gentibus: et tunc veniet consummatio.
15. Cum ergo videritis abominationem desolationis, quæ dicta est a Daniele propheta, stantem in loco sancto, qui legit, intelligat:
16. tunc qui in Judæa sunt, fugiant ad montes:
17. et qui in tecto, non descendat tollere aliquid de domo sua:
18. et qui in agro, non revertatur tollere tunicam suam.
19. Væ autem prægnantibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus!
20. Orate autem ut non fiat fuga vestra in hieme, vel sabbato:
21. erit enim tunc tribulatio magna, qualis non fuit ab initio mundi usque modo, neque fiet.
22. Et nisi breviati fuissent dies illi, non fieret salva omnis caro: sed propter electos breviabuntur dies illi.
23. Tunc si quis vobis dixerit: Ecce hic est Christus, aut illic: nolite credere.
24. Surgent enim pseudochristi, et pseudoprophetæ: et dabunt signa magna, et prodigia, ita ut in errorem inducantur (si fieri potest) etiam electi.
25. Ecce prædixi vobis.
26. Si ergo dixerint vobis: Ecce in deserto est, nolite exire; Ecce in penetralibus, nolite credere.
27. Sicut enim fulgur exit ab oriente, et paret usque in occidentem: ita erit et adventus Filii hominis.
28. Ubicumque fuerit corpus, illic congregabuntur et aquilæ.
29. Statim autem post tribulationem dierum illorum sol obscurabitur, et luna non dabit lumen suum, et stellæ cadent de cælo, et virtutes cælorum commovebuntur:
30. et tunc parebit signum Filii hominis in cælo: et tunc plangent omnes tribus terræ: et videbunt Filium hominis venientem in nubibus cæli cum virtute multa et majestate.
31. Et mittet angelos suos cum tuba, et voce magna: et congregabunt electos ejus a quatuor ventis, a summis cælorum usque ad terminos eorum.
32. Ab arbore autem fici discite parabolam: cum jam ramus ejus tener fuerit, et folia nata, scitis quia prope est æstas:
33. ita et vos cum videritis hæc omnia, scitote quia prope est, in januis.
34. Amen dico vobis, quia non præteribit generatio hæc, donec omnia hæc fiant.
35. Cælum et terra transibunt, verba autem mea non præteribunt.
36. De die autem illa et hora nemo scit, neque angeli cælorum, nisi solus Pater.
37. Sicut autem in diebus Noë, ita erit et adventus Filii hominis:
38. sicut enim erant in diebus ante diluvium comedentes et bibentes, nubentes et nuptum tradentes, usque ad eum diem, quo intravit Noë in arcam,
39. et non cognoverunt donec venit diluvium, et tulit omnes: ita erit et adventus Filii hominis.
40. Tunc duo erunt in agro: unus assumetur, et unus relinquetur.
41. Duæ molentes in mola: una assumetur, et una relinquetur.
42. Vigilate ergo, quia nescitis qua hora Dominus vester venturus sit.
43. Illud autem scitote, quoniam si sciret paterfamilias qua hora fur venturus esset, vigilaret utique, et non sineret perfodi domum suam.
44. Ideo et vos estote parati: quia qua nescitis hora Filius hominis venturus est.
45. Quis, putas, est fidelis servus, et prudens, quem constituit dominus suus super familiam suam ut det illis cibum in tempore?
46. Beatus ille servus, quem cum venerit dominus ejus, invenerit sic facientem.
47. Amen dico vobis, quoniam super omnia bona sua constituet eum.
48. Si autem dixerit malus servus ille in corde suo: Moram fecit dominus meus venire:
49. et cœperit percutere conservos suos, manducet autem et bibat cum ebriosis:
50. veniet dominus servi illius in die qua non sperat, et hora qua ignorat:
51. et dividet eum, partemque ejus ponet cum hypocritis: illic erit fletus et stridor dentium.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 585: Jesus and Israel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 675: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 645: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 443: The Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 673: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 28: The coming of Christ shall be sudden, and manifest to all the world, like lightning: and wheresoever he shall come, thither shall all mankind be gathered to him, as eagles are gathered about a dead body.
- Verse 29: “The stars” … Or flaming meteors resembling stars.
- Verse 30: “The sign” … The cross of Christ.
- Verse 35: “Shall pass” … Because they shall be changed at the end of the world into a new heaven and new earth.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, Nov 8, 2026: Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 24:42a, 44
- Mon, Nov 23, 2026: Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 24:42a, 44
- Thu, Aug 26, 2027 (computed): Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 24:42a, 44; Gospel, Matthew 24:42-51
- Wed, Oct 20, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, Matthew 24:42a, 44

5 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).