12. Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.
13. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.
14. This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come.
15. “So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand ),
16. “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!
17. A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house.
18. And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.
19. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
20. Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.
21. For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
22. Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.
23. “If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah! ’ or, ‘Over here! ’ do not believe it!
24. False messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
25. Take note: I have told you in advance.
26. So if they tell you, ‘Look, He’s in the wilderness! ’ don’t go out; ‘Look, He’s in the inner rooms! ’ do not believe it.
27. For as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28. Wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.
29. “Immediately after the tribulation of those days:The sun will be darkened,and the moon will not shed its light;the stars will fall from the sky,and the celestial powers will be shaken.
30. “Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.