Matthew 24:15-31

New International Version

¹⁵“So when you see standing in the holy place^(A) ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’^[a]^(B) spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷Let no one on the housetop^(C) go down to take anything out of the house. ¹⁸Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁹How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!^(D) ²⁰Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.^(E)

²²“If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect^(F) those days will be shortened. ²³At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.^(G) ²⁴For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders^(H) to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵See, I have told you ahead of time.

²⁶“So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷For as lightning^(I) that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming^(J) of the Son of Man.^(K) ²⁸Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.^(L)

²⁹“Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[b]^(M)

³⁰“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^[c] will mourn^(N) when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,^(O) with power and great glory.^[d] ³¹And he will send his angels^(P) with a loud trumpet call,^(Q) and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.