Matthew 24:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009

But all these things[ are ]the beginning of sorrows.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].

American Standard Version (1901)

But all these things are the beginning of travail.

Common English Bible

But all these things are just the beginning of the sufferings associated with the end.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But all these things are just the beginning of the sorrows.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Matthew 24:8 Cross References

Mark 13:8

For nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and disturbances. These [are] the beginnings of birth pangs.

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and they will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers on account of My name.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they say, "Peace and safety!"then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as labor pains upon the woman that is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.

James 5:1

Listen now, you rich, weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you!