20. Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
21. Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.
22. For there will arise false messiahs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
23. But you watch. “Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
24. But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
25. the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
26. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27. Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.
28. “Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and produces its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
29. even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.
30. Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.