3 As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private. “Tell us when all this will be,” they asked, “and what will happen to show that it is the time for your coming and the end of the age.”
4 Jesus answered, “Be on your guard, and do not let anyone deceive you.
5 Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will deceive many people.
6 You are going to hear the noise of battles close by and the news of battles far away; but do not be troubled. Such things must happen, but they do not mean that the end has come.
7 Countries will fight each other, kingdoms will attack one another. There will be famines and earthquakes everywhere.
8 All these things are like the first pains of childbirth.
9 “Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. All nations will hate you because of me.