1 As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look! What stones, and what buildings!"
2 Jesus answered him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not a stone will be left upon a stone that will not be torn down."
3 While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,
4 "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?"
5 Jesus answered them and began to say, "Watch out that no one deceives you.
6 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will deceive many.
7 When you hear of wars and reports of wars, do not be frightened; for such things have to happen, but it is not yet the end.
8 For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes from place to place, and there will be famines and disturbances. These are the beginning of labor pains.
9 But as for you, watch out for yourselves; for they will hand you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings because of me, for a testimony to them.
10 And first the gospel must be preached to all the nations.
11 When they lead you away and hand you over, do not be anxious beforehand about what you will speak, and do not rehearse it; but whatever is given to you in that hour, speak that. For you are not the ones speaking; it is the Holy Spirit.
12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them killed.
13 You will be hated by everyone because of my name, but whoever endures to the end, that one will be saved.
14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it should not be (let the one who reads take note), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.
15 The one on the rooftop must not come down into the house or go in to carry anything out of his house,
16 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
17 But woe to women who are pregnant and to those nursing infants in those days!
18 Pray that your flight will not happen in winter.
19 For those days will be a time of affliction of a kind that has not occurred from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and never will again.
20 And if the Lord had not shortened the days, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
21 At that time, if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, over there!' do not believe it.
22 For false christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
23 But as for you, watch out; look, I have told you everything in advance.
24 But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars of the sky will be falling, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
26 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 And then he will send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of the sky.
28 Learn the parable from the fig tree: once its branch has become tender and it sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near.
29 In the same way you too, when you see these things happening, know that it is near, right at the doors.
30 Truly I say to you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things happen.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.
32 But about that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.
33 Watch out, stay alert and pray; for you do not know when the time is.
34 It is like a man away on a journey, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, to each his work, and ordered the doorkeeper to stay awake.
35 So keep watch, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming: in the evening, at midnight, at rooster crow, or in the morning,
36 or else he may come suddenly and find you sleeping.
37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Keep watch!"