3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, ^athe disciples came to Him privately, saying, ^b“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”  ‡

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: ^a“Take heed that no one deceives you.  ‡

5 For ^amany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ ^band will deceive many.  ‡

6 And you will hear of ^awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for¹ all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  ‡

7 For ^anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be ^bfamines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  ‡

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 ^a“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.  ‡

10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

11 Then ^amany false prophets will rise up and ^bdeceive many.  ‡

12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow ^acold.  ‡

13 ^aBut he who endures to the end shall be saved.  ‡

14 And this ^agospel of the kingdom ^bwill be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.  ‡

15 ^a“Therefore when you see the ^b‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” ^c(whoever reads, let him understand),  ‡

16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.

18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.

19 But ^awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!  ‡

20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.

21 For ^athen there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.  ‡

22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; ^abut for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.  ‡

23 ^a“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.  ‡

24 For ^afalse christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, ^bif possible, even the elect.  ‡

25 See, I have told you beforehand.

26 “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.