12. “Brothers will turn against their own brothers and hand them over to be killed. Fathers will hand over their own children to be killed. Children will fight against their own parents and have them killed.
13. All people will hate you because you follow me. But those who remain faithful to the end will be saved.
14. “You will see ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ You will see this thing standing in the place where it should not be.” (Reader, I trust you understand what this means.) “Everyone in Judea at that time should run away to the mountains.
15. They should run away without wasting time to stop for anything. If someone is on the roof of their house, they must not go down to take things out of the house.
16. If someone is in the field, they must not go back to get a coat.
17. “During that time it will be hard for women who are pregnant or have small babies.