But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.