Matthew 24:2

1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

And Jesus 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 upon 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 coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
KJV
And Jesus 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.
WEB
But he answered them, “You see all of these things, don’t you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down.
BLB
And answering, He said to them, “Do you⁺ not see all these things? Truly I say to you⁺, not one stone here shall be left upon a stone, which will not be thrown down.”
ÅB
Men han svarte dem: «Ser dere alt dette? I sannhet sier jeg dere at det skal ikke bli en eneste stein igjen på en annen. Alt skal brytes ned.
OTB
Han svarte dem: "Ser dere alt dette? Sannelig sier jeg dere, her skal ikke bli stein tilbake på stein; alt skal rives ned."
B1930
Men han svarte og sa til dem: Ser I ikke alt dette? Sannelig sier jeg eder: Her skal ikke levnes sten på sten som ikke skal brytes ned.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 19:44

    And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

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  • Jeremiah 26:18

    Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

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  • Ezekiel 7:20–22

    As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.

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  • Daniel 9:26–27

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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  • 1 Kings 9:7–8

    Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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  • 2 Peter 3:11

    Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

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