Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁹ But you— be watching yourselves. They will hand you over to councils^[a]. And you will be beaten in synagogues. And you will be stood before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them. ¹⁰ And the good-news must first be proclaimed to all the nations. ¹¹ And whenever they lead you while handing you over, do not be anxious-beforehand as to what you should speak. But whatever is given to you in that hour, speak this. For you are not the ones speaking, but the Holy Spirit. ¹² And brother will hand-over brother to death, and a father his child. And children will rise-up-in-rebellion^[b] against parents, and they will put them to death. ¹³ And you will be being hated by all because of My name. But the one having endured to the end^[c]— this one will be saved.

When You See The Abomination of Desolation, Flee. For a Great Affliction Will Occur

¹⁴ “But when you see the abomination^[d] of desolation standing where he^[e] should not (let the one reading understand), then^[f] let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains. ¹⁵ And let the one upon the housetop not go down nor go in to take anything out of his house. ¹⁶ And let the one in the field not turn-back to the things behind to take his cloak. ¹⁷ And woe to the ones having a child in the womb, and to the ones nursing in those days. ¹⁸ And be praying that it may not take place in winter. ¹⁹ For those days will be an affliction^[g] such-as has not taken place such-as-this since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will take place [again]. ²⁰ And if the Lord had not shortened^[h] the days, no flesh^[i] would have been saved. But He shortened the days for the sake of the chosen ones whom He chose. ²¹ And then^[j] if someone says to you, ‘Look— here is the Christ’, ‘Look— there He is’, do not be believing it. ²² For false-christs and false-prophets will arise, and will give signs and wonders so-as to be leading-astray^[k], if possible, the chosen ones. ²³ But you be watching out. I have told you everything beforehand.