Matthew 24:1-28
Signs of Christ’s Return
24aAnd coming bout from the temple, Jesus was going along, and His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. 2And He answered and said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, anot one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
3Now as He was sitting on athe Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of bYour coming and of the 1end of the age?”
4And Jesus answered and said to them, “aSee to it that no one deceives you. 5“For amany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the 1Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6“And you are going to hear of awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7“For anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be bfamines and earthquakes. 8“aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.
9“aThen they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and byou will be hated by all nations because of My name. 10“And at that time many will 1,afall away and will 2betray one another and hate one another. 11“Many afalse prophets will arise and will deceive many. 12“And because lawlessness is multiplied, 1most people’s love will grow cold. 13“aBut the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. 14“And this agospel of the kingdom bshall be proclaimed in the whole 1,cworld as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation
15“Therefore when you see the aabomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in bthe holy place (clet the reader understand), 16then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. 17“1Whoever is on athe housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. 18“And 1whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. 19“But awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21“For then there will be a agreat tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22“And unless those days had been cut short, no 1life would have been saved; but for athe sake of the 2elect those days will be cut short. 23“aThen if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the 1Christ,’ or ‘2There He is,’ do not believe him. 24“For false christs and afalse prophets will arise and will 1show great 2,bsigns and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even cthe 3elect. 25“Behold, I have told you in advance. 26“Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them. 27“aFor just as the lightning comes from the east and appears even to the west, so will the bcoming of the cSon of Man be. 28“aWherever the corpse is, there the 1vultures will gather.