⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them, “^(A)See to it that no one ^[a]misleads you. ⁵ For ^(B)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ^[b]Christ,’ and they will ^[c]mislead many people. ⁶ And you will be hearing of ^(C)wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. ⁷ For ^(D)nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(E)famines and earthquakes in various places. ^8 (F)But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

Second Coming Foretold

²⁰ Now He was questioned by the Pharisees ^(A)as to when the kingdom of God was coming, and He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with ^[a](B)signs that can be observed; ²¹ nor will ^(C)they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is ^[b]in your midst.”