24 3 When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to speak to him privately. 'Tell us,' they said, 'when will this happen? And what will be the signal for your coming and the end of the age?' 24 4 Jesus replied: 'Take care that no one misleads you. 24 5 For many will come claiming my name and saying, "I am the Messiah"; and many will be misled by them. 24 6 The time is coming when you will hear the noise of battle near at hand and the news of battles far away; see that you are not alarmed. Such things are bound to happen; but the end is still to come. 24 7 For nation will make war upon nation, kingdom upon kingdom; there will be famines and earthquakes in many places. 24 8 With all these things the birth-pangs of the new age begin.
24 9 'You will then be handed over for punishment and execution; and men of all nations will hate you for your allegiance to me. 24 10 Many will fall from their faith; they will betray one another and hate one another. 24 11 Many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many; 24 12 and as lawlessness spreads, men's love for one another will grow cold. 24 13 But the man who holds out to the end will be saved. 24 14 And this gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the earth as a testimony to all nations; and then the end will come.