⁹“Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations^b because of my name. ¹⁰And then many will be led into sin and will betray one another and will hate one another, ¹¹and many false prophets will appear and will deceive many, ¹²and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold. ¹³But the one who endures to the end—this person will be saved. ¹⁴And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations,^c and then the end will come.

The Abomination of Desolation

¹⁵“So when you see the abomination of desolation^d spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place” (let the one who reads understand), ¹⁶“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! ¹⁷The one who is on his^* housetop must not come down to take things out of his house, ¹⁸and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak. ¹⁹And woe to those who are pregnant^e and to those who are nursing their babies^* in those days! ²⁰But pray that your flight may not happen in winter or on a Sabbath.

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Footnotes

bOr “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
cOr “Gentiles”; the same Greek word can be translated “nations” or “Gentiles” depending on the context
dAn allusion to Dan 9:27
*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
eLiterally “who have in the womb”
*The words “their babies” are not in the Greek text but are supplied as a necessary clarification