The Great Tribulation
14 "When you see the abomination of desolation 13:14 Dn 9:27, 13:14 Dn 9:27; 11:31; 12:11standing where it should not be" (let the reader understand), "then those in Judea 13:14 Lk 1:5must flee to the mountains.15 A man on the housetop must not come down or go in to get anything out of his house, 13:15 Mt 24:17; Lk 17:3116 and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat. 13:16 Lk 19:3617 Woe 13:17 Rv 9:12to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!
18 "Pray 13:18 Mt 5:44; Ac 12:12it 13:18 Other mss read "Pray that your escapewon’t happen in winter.19 For those will be days of tribulation, 13:19 2Co 1:4the kind that hasn’t been from the beginning of creation 13:19 Jn 1:3; Rv 3:14, which God created, until now and never will be again. 13:19 Dn 12:1