Mark 13:14–27

¹⁴“The day is coming when you will see the sacrilegious object that causes desecration^* standing where he^* should not be.” (Reader, pay attention!) “Then those in Judea must flee to the hills. ¹⁵A person out on the deck of a roof must not go down into the house to pack. ¹⁶A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat. ¹⁷How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. ¹⁸And pray that your flight will not be in winter. ¹⁹For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again. ²⁰In fact, unless the Lord shortens that time of calamity, not a single person will survive. But for the sake of his chosen ones he has shortened those days.

²¹“Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. ²²For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. ²³Watch out! I have warned you about this ahead of time!

²⁴“At that time, after the anguish of those days,

the sun will be darkened,

the moon will give no light,

²⁵the stars will fall from the sky,

and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

²⁶Then everyone will see the Son of Man^* coming on the clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷And he will send out his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the world^*—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.