KJV King James Version
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 24:34
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
WEB World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
ASV American Standard Version
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass.
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
36 But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἀμὴνG281 · amēnamenλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖνG4771 · suyouὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatοὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotπαρέλθῃG3928 · parerchomaito pass byἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoγενεὰG1074 · geneagenerationαὕτηG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilἂνG302 · anifπάνταG3956 · pasallταῦταG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itγένηται.G1096 · ginomaito be
Cross-references
Mark 13:30-31Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.Luke 21:32-33Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.Matthew 16:28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.Matthew 23:36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.Luke 11:50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;Matthew 12:45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
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