²¹ Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

²² And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

²³ Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

²⁴ For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

²⁶ If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

²⁷ Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

²⁸ Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.

²⁹ But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved: