4. Jesus answered, "Keep watch! Be careful that no one fools you.
5. Many will come in my name. They will claim, 'I am the Christ!' They will fool many people.
6. "You will hear about wars. You will also hear people talking about future wars. Don't be alarmed. Those things must happen. But the end still isn't here.
7. Nation will fight against nation. Kingdom will fight against kingdom. People will go hungry. There will be earthquakes in many places.
8. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
9. "Then people will hand you over to be treated badly and killed. All nations will hate you because of me.
10. At that time, many will turn away from their faith. They will hate each other. They will hand each other over to their enemies.
11. Many false prophets will appear. They will fool many people.
12. Because evil will grow, most people's love will grow cold.
13. But the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
14. This good news of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world. It will be a witness to all nations. Then the end will come.
15. "The prophet Daniel spoke about 'the hated thing that destroys.' (Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) Someday you will see it standing in the holy place. The reader should understand this.
16. Then those who are in Judea should escape to the mountains.