And Jesus answered and said to them: (A)“Take heed that no one deceives you. For (B)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ (C)and will deceive many. And you will hear of (D)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For (E)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be (F)famines, [b]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

(G)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then (H)many false prophets will rise up and (I)deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow (J)cold. 13 (K)But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:6 NU omits all
  2. Matthew 24:7 NU omits pestilences

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.(A) For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.(B) 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. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.(C) There will be famines(D) and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(E) and put to death,(F) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(G) 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets(H) will appear and deceive many people.(I) 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.(J)

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