14 “But awhen you see the babomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

15 “aThe one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

16 and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.

17 “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

18 “But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

19 “For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred asince the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

20 “Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no 1life would have been saved; but for the sake of the 2elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

21 “And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is 1the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;

22 for false Christs and afalse prophets will arise, and will show 1bsigns and bwonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

23 “But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance.