⁷ For ^(A)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be ^(B)famines, ^[a]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

^9 (C)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ Then ^(D)many false prophets will rise up and ^(E)deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow ^(F)cold. ^13 (G)But he who endures to the end shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this ^(H)gospel of the kingdom ^(I)will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

The Great Tribulation^(J)

^15 (K)“Therefore when you see the ^(L)‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” ^(M)(whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But ^(N)woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For ^(O)then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; ^(P)but for the ^[b]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.