Matthew 24:23–31

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.