Matthew 24:6
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
KJV
μελλήσετε δὲ ἀκούειν πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων· ὁρᾶτε μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ’ οὔπω ἐστὶν τὸ τέλος.
Greek NT
Audituri enim estis prælia, et opiniones præliorum. Videte ne turbemini : oportet enim hæc fieri, sed nondum est finis :
Vulgate
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.
ASV
And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass: but the end is not yet.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- γὰρ — SBLGNT
- γὰρ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + πάντα — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Pet 3:14 — But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
- 2Thess 2:2 — That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
- Acts 27:24 — Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
- Dan 11:1 — Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
- Ezek 7:24 — Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
- Ezek 14:17 — Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
- Ezek 21:9 — Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
- Ezek 21:28 — And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished
- Hab 3:16 — When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people,
- Isa 7:4 — And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isa 8:12 — Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
- Isa 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Isa 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Isa 26:20 — Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
- Jer 4:19 — My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Jer 6:22 — Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.
- Jer 8:15 — We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
- Job 5:20 — In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- Luke 21:9 — But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
- Luke 21:9 — But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
- Luke 21:19 — In your patience possess ye your souls.
- Luke 22:37 — For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
- Mark 13:7 — And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
- Mark 13:7 — And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
- Matt 24:13 — But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matt 24:14 — And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matt 26:54 — But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
- Prov 3:25 — Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
- Ps 27:1 — The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 91:6 — Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
- Ps 112:7 — He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.