Matthew 24:3–14

³As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives,^g the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming^h and of the end of the age?”ⁱ

⁴Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.^{j 5}For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.^{k 6}You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.^l There will be famines^m and earthquakes in various places. ⁸All these are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹“Then you will be handed over to be persecutedⁿ and put to death,^o and you will be hated by all nations because of me.^{p 10}At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹and many false prophets^q will appear and deceive many people.^{r 12}Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^{s 14}And this gospel of the kingdom^t will be preached in the whole world^u as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.