Matthew 24:4–26

⁴And Jesus answered and said to them, “^aSee to it that no one misleads you.

⁵“For ^amany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ¹Christ,’ and will mislead many.

⁶“You will be hearing of ^awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

⁷“For ^anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be ^bfamines and earthquakes.

⁸“^aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

⁹“^aThen they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and ^byou will be hated by all nations because of My name.

¹⁰“At that time many will ^1afall away and will ²betray one another and hate one another.

¹¹“Many ^afalse prophets will arise and will mislead many.

¹²“Because lawlessness is increased, ¹most people’s love will grow cold.

¹³“^aBut the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

¹⁴“This ^agospel of the kingdom ^bshall be preached in the whole ^1cworld as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

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.