15. A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house.
16. And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes.
17. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
18. Pray it won’t happen in winter.
19. For those will be days of tribulation, the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of the world, which God created, until now and never will be again!
20. Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.
21. “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah! Look — there! ’ do not believe it!
22. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and will perform signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
23. And you must watch! I have told you everything in advance.
24. “But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened,and the moon will not shed its light;