Mark 13:14–27

The Desolating Sacrilege

¹⁴“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains;^{* 15}the one on the housetop must not go down or enter to take anything from the house; ¹⁶the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat. ¹⁷Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days!^{* 18}Pray that it may not be in winter. ¹⁹For in those days there will be suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation that God created until now and never will be.^{* 20}And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved, but for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut short those days. ²¹And if anyone says to you at that time, ‘Look! Here is the Messiah!’^e or ‘Look! There he is!’—do not believe it.^{* 22}False messiahs^f and false prophets will appear and produce signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.^{* 23}But be alert; I have already told you everything.^*

The Coming of the Son of Man

²⁴“But in those days, after that suffering,

the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light,^*

²⁵and the stars will be falling from heaven,

and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

²⁶“Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.^{* 27}Then he will send out the angels and gather the^g elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.