Mark 13:14–27

¹⁴“But ^awhen you see the ^babomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

¹⁵“^aThe one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

¹⁶and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

¹⁷“But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

¹⁸“But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

¹⁹“For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^asince the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

²⁰“Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ¹life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ²elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

²¹“And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is ¹the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

²²for false Christs and ^afalse prophets will arise, and will show ^1bsigns and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

²³“But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.

The Return of Christ

²⁴“But in those days, after that tribulation, ^athe sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

^25aand the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in ¹the heavens will be shaken.

²⁶“Then they will see ^athe Son of Man ^bcoming in clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷“And then He will send forth the angels, and ^awill gather together His ¹elect from the four winds, ^bfrom the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.