Matthew 24:2-20

2And he said to them, “Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

3As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

4Jesus answered them, “Watch out that no one misleads you.

5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many.

6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come.

7For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

9“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

10Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

11And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

12and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.

13But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

15“So when you see the abomination of desolation – spoken about by Daniel the prophet – standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

16then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

19Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

20Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.