Matthew 24:15–31

Perilous Times

¹⁵“Therefore when you see the ^aabomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in ^bthe holy place (^clet the reader understand),

¹⁶then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

¹⁷“¹Whoever is on ^athe housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

¹⁸“¹Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

¹⁹“But ^awoe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

²⁰“But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

²¹“For then there will be a ^agreat tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

²²“Unless those days had been cut short, no ¹life would have been saved; but for ^athe sake of the ²elect those days will be cut short.

²³“^aThen if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ¹Christ,’ or ‘²There He is,’ do not believe him.

²⁴“For false Christs and ^afalse prophets will arise and will ¹show great ^2bsigns and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even ^cthe ³elect.

²⁵“Behold, I have told you in advance.

²⁶“So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.

²⁷“^aFor just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the ^bcoming of the ^cSon of Man be.

²⁸“^aWherever the corpse is, there the ¹vultures will gather.

The Glorious Return

²⁹“But immediately after the ^atribulation of those days ^bthe sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and ^cthe stars will fall from ¹the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

³⁰“And then ^athe sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see ^bthe Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

³¹“And ^aHe will send forth His angels with ^ba great trumpet and they will gather together His ^1celect from ^dthe four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.