“But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!  And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a Sabbath:  for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.  And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved:  but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.  Then if any man shall say unto you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ,’ or, ‘Here,’ believe it not.  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.  But take ye heed:  behold, I have told you all things beforehand.  If, therefore, they shall say unto you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ go not forth:  ’Behold, he is in the inner chambers,’ believe it not.  For as the lightning cometh forth from the east and is seen even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.  Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:  and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:  and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

“Now from the fig tree learn her parable:  when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all these things be accomplished.  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.  But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

“But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare; for so shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.  But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

“And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.  For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.  Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left; two women shall be grinding at the mill:  one is taken, and one is left.  Watch therefore:  for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.