Matthew 24:15-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁵ So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place—let the reader take notice and ^[a]ponder and consider and heed [this]—^(A)

¹⁶ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not come down and go into the house to take anything;

¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not turn back to get his overcoat.

¹⁹ And alas for the women who are pregnant and for those who have nursing babies in those days!

²⁰ Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath.

²¹ For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now—no, and never will be [again].^(B)

²² And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God’s chosen ones) those days will be shortened.