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`Tell us when these things shall be? and what [is] the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'
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And Jesus answering them, began to say, `Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,
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for many shall come in my name, saying -- I am [he], and many they shall lead astray;
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and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end [is] not yet;
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for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows [are] these.
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`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;
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and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.
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`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
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`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,
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and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.
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`And when ye may see the abomination of the desolation, that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (whoever is reading let him understand), then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains;