17. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house.
18. Let him who is in the field not return to take his clothes.
19. Woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse in those days!
20. Pray that your escape will not be in the winter or on the Sabbath.
21. For then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
22. “Unless those days were shortened, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
23. Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe it.
24. For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
25. Listen, I have told you beforehand.
26. “So, if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert,’ do not go there; or, ‘Look, He is in the private chambers,’ do not believe it.