5. Jesus said to them, “Be on guard, and don't let anyone deceive you.
6. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will deceive many people.
7. And don't be troubled when you hear the noise of battles close by and news of battles far away. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.
8. Countries will fight each other; kingdoms will attack one another. There will be earthquakes everywhere, and there will be famines. These things are like the first pains of childbirth.
9. “You yourselves must be on guard. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.
10. But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples.