Matthew 24:11-24

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹¹ Many false prophets^(A) will rise up and deceive many. ¹² Because lawlessness^(B) will multiply, the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.^{[a] 14} This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world^[b] as a testimony to all nations.^(C) And then the end will come.^(D)

The Great Tribulation

¹⁵ “So when you see the abomination that causes desolation,^[c][d] spoken of by the prophet Daniel,^(E) standing in the holy place”^(F) (let the reader understand^[e]), ¹⁶ “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! ¹⁷ A man on the housetop^[f] must not come down to get things out of his house.^{(G) 18} And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days! ²⁰ Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹ For at that time there will be great tribulation,^(H) the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again! ²² Unless those days were limited, no one would^[g] survive.^[h] But those days will be limited because of the elect.^(I)

²³ “If anyone tells you then, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’^(J) or, ‘Over here!’ do not believe it!^{(K) 24} False messiahs^[i] and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray,^(L) if possible, even the elect.