¹² “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.^{(A) 13} Everyone will hate you because of me,^(B) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(C)

¹⁴ “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’^[a](D) standing where it^[b] does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

¹⁶ You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,^(A) and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ Everyone will hate you because of me.^{(B) 18} But not a hair of your head will perish.^{(C) 19} Stand firm, and you will win life.^(D)

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies,^(E) you will know that its desolation is near. ²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.^{(F) 22} For this is the time of punishment^(G) in fulfillment^(H) of all that has been written. ²³ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. ²⁴ They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled^(I) on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.