13. Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you keep on being faithful right to the end, you will be saved.
14. Some day you will see that “Horrible Thing” where it should not be. Everyone who reads this must try to understand! If you are living in Judea at that time, run to the mountains.
15. If you are on the roof of your house, don't go inside to get anything.
16. If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat.
17. It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.
18. Pray that it won't happen in winter.
19. This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.
20. If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.
21. If someone should say, “Here is the Messiah!” or “There he is!” don't believe it.
22. False messiahs and false prophets will come and perform miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.
23. But be on your guard! That's why I am telling you these things now.
24. In those days, straight after that time of suffering,“The sun will become dark,and the moonwill no longer shine.
25. The stars will fall,and the powers in the skywill be shaken.”
26. Then the Son of Man will be seen coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
27. He will send his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the earth.
28. Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know summer is near.
29. So when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time has almost come.
30. You can be sure that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens.