18. and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.
19. And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!
20. But pray that your flight may not happen in winter or on a Sabbath.
21. For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.
22. And unless those days had been shortened, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
23. “At that time if anyone should say to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here he is,’ do not believe him!
24. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
25. Behold, I have told you ahead of time!
26. Therefore if they say to you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it!
27. For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
28. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.
29. “And immediately after the tribulation of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.’
30. And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other end of it.
32. “Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.
33. So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the door.
34. Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all these things take place!
35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
36. “But concerning that day and hour no one knows—not even the angels of heaven nor the Son—except the Father alone.