Matthew 24:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ Why? Because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now–no, and never will be [again]. [Dan. 12:1; Joel 2:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²¹ There will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Matthew 24:21 Cross References

Ezekiel 5:9

I will do things to you that I have never done before. And I will never do those terrible things again! Why? Because you did so many terrible things.

Daniel 12:1

“\{The man in the vision said,\} ‘Daniel, at that time, the great prince (angel) Michael will stand up. Michael is in charge of your people, the Jews. There will be a time of much trouble, the worst time since nations have been on earth. But Daniel, at that time, every one of your people whose name is found written in the book \{of life\} will be saved.

Daniel 9:26

After the 62 weeks, {\cf2\super [112]} the chosen person will be killed. {\cf2\super [113]} He will be gone. {\cf2\super [114]} Then the people of the future leader will destroy the city and the holy place. That end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.

Joel 1:2

Leaders, listen to this message!\par Listen to me, all you people\par that live in the land.\par Has anything like this happened before\par during your lifetime? No!\par Did anything like this happen\par during your fathers’ lifetime? No!\par

Joel 2:2

It will be a dark, gloomy day.\par It will be a dark and cloudy day.\par At sunrise, you will see the army\par spread over the mountains.\par It will be a great and powerful army.\par There has never been anything\par like it before.\par And there will never be anything\par like it again.\par

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 24:20

Pray that it will not be winter or a Sabbath day {\cf2\super [370]} when these things happen and you have to run away.

Matthew 24:29

“Soon after the trouble of those days, this will happen:

Mark 13:9

“You must be careful. People will arrest you and take you to be judged. They will beat you in their synagogues. {\cf2\super [182]} You will be forced to stand before kings and governors. You will tell them about me. This will happen to you because you follow me.

Luke 21:24

Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Other people will be made prisoners and taken to every country. The holy city of Jerusalem will be walked on by non-Jewish people until their time is finished.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

Yes. They try to stop us from teaching the non-Jews. We teach the non-Jews so that the non-Jews can be saved. But those Jews are adding more and more sins to the sins they already have. The anger of God has fully come to them now.

Revelation 16:18

Then there were flashes of lightning, noises, thunder, and a big earthquake. This was the worst earthquake that has ever happened since people have been on earth.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “You know who they are, sir.”