13. But the one who remains faithful to the end will be saved.
14. And the Good News I have shared about God’s kingdom will be told throughout the world. It will be spread to every nation. Then the end will come.
15. “Daniel the prophet spoke about ‘the terrible thing that causes destruction.’ You will see this terrible thing standing in the holy place.” (You who read this should understand what it means.)
16. “The people in Judea at that time should run away to the mountains.
17. They should run away without wasting time to stop for anything. If they are on the roof of their house, they must not go down to get anything out of the house.
18. If they are in the field, they must not go back to get a coat.
19. “During that time it will be hard for women who are pregnant or have small babies!
20. Pray that it will not be winter or a Sabbath day when these things happen and you have to run away,
21. because it will be a time of great trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.
22. “But God has decided to make that terrible time short. If it were not made short, no one would continue living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.
23. “Someone might say to you at that time, ‘Look, there is the Messiah!’ Or someone else might say, ‘There he is!’ But don’t believe them.
24. False messiahs and false prophets will come and do great miracles and wonders, trying to fool the people God has chosen, if that is possible.
25. Now I have warned you about this before it happens.