Matthew 24:15–31

¹⁵‘Whenever, therefore, ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (whoever is reading let him observe) ¹⁶then those in Judea—let them flee to the mounts; ¹⁷he on the house-top—let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house; ¹⁸and he in the field—let him not turn back to take his garments.

¹⁹‘And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days; ²⁰and pray ye that your flight may not be in winter, nor on a sabbath; ²¹for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. ²²And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

²³‘Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here is the Christ! or here! ye may not believe; ²⁴for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen. ²⁵Lo, I did tell you beforehand.

²⁶‘If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe; ²⁷for as the lightning doth come forth from the east, and doth appear unto the west, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; ²⁸for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

²⁹‘And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken; ³⁰and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in the heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth smite the breast, and they shall see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of the heaven, with power and much glory; ³¹and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.