²³ “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. ²⁴For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. ²⁵See, I have warned you about this ahead of time. ²⁶ “So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it! ²⁷For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so it will be when the Son of Man#24:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself. comes. ²⁸Just as the gathering of vultures shows there is a carcass nearby, so these signs indicate that the end is near.#24:28 Greek Wherever the carcass is, the vultures gather.

²⁹ “Immediately after the anguish of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will give no light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. # 24:29 See Isa 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10. ³⁰ And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. # 24:30 See Dan 7:13. ³¹And he will send out his angels with the mighty blast of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen ones from all over the world#24:31 Greek from the four winds.—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.