³ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives,^(A) the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming^(B) and of the end of the age?”^(C)

⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.^{(D) 5} For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.^{(E) 6} You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.^(F) There will be famines^(G) and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted^(H) and put to death,^(I) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.^{(J) 10} At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets^(K) will appear and deceive many people.^{(L) 12} Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^{(M) 14} And this gospel of the kingdom^(N) will be preached in the whole world^(O) as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

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

²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect^(U) those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.^{(V) 24} For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders^(W) to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, 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. ²⁷ For as lightning^(X) that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming^(Y) of the Son of Man.^{(Z) 28} Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.^(AA)

²⁹ “Immediately after the distress of those days

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

²¹ For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,^(A) even so the Son gives life^(B) to whom he is pleased to give it. ²² Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^{(C) 23} that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(D)

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(E) has eternal life^(F) and will not be judged^(G) but has crossed over from death to life.^{(H) 25} Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(I) when the dead will hear^(J) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(K) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(L) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(M) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^{(N) 30} By myself I can do nothing;^(O) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(P) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(Q)

³⁹ And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(A) but raise them up at the last day.^{(B) 40} For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(C) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(D) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(E) whose father and mother we know?^(F) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(G)

⁴³ “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(H) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a](I) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(J) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^{(K) 48} I am the bread of life.^{(L) 49} Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^{(M) 50} But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(N) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread^(O) that came down from heaven.^(P) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(Q)

⁵² Then the Jews^(R) began to argue sharply among themselves,^(S) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh^(T) of the Son of Man^(U) and drink his blood,^(V) you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.^(W)

⁴⁷ “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.^{(A) 48} There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them^(B) at the last day.