Matthew 24:3-35

3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in various places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall become cold. 13But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come. 15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever readeth, let him understand:) 16Then let them who are in Judaea flee to the mountains: 17Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19And woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days! 20But pray ye that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on the sabbath: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened. 23Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For false Christs will arise, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect. 25Behold, I have told you before. 26Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28For wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And 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.1

32Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When its branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 33So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.2 34Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things shall be fulfilled. 35Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.