Matthew 24:15–31

¹⁵When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in what is a holy place, (he that reads let him understand,) ¹⁶then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains; ¹⁷let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house; ¹⁸and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment. ¹⁹But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days. ²⁰But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath: ²¹for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be; ²²and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short. ²³Then if any one say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or here, believe it not. ²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵Behold, I have told you beforehand. ²⁶If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it. ²⁷For as the lightning goes forth from the east and shines to the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. ²⁸For wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles. ²⁹But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon 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 land lament, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. ³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the one extremity of the heavens to the other extremity of them.