17. The one on the roof must not go down to take what is in his house,
18. and the one in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
19. Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!
20. Pray that your escape will not happen in winter, or on Shabbat.
21. For then there will be great trouble, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
22. And unless those days were cut short, no one would be delivered. But for the sake of the chosen, those days will be cut short.
23. “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here’s the Messiah,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe it.
24. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
25. See, I have told you beforehand.
26. “So if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. Or, ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
27. For just as lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of Man.
28. For wherever the carcass is, there the vultures will gather.
29. “But immediately after the trouble 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 the heavens will be shaken.’
30. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the land will mourn, and they will see ‘the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven’ with power and great glory.
31. He will send out His angels with a great shofar, and they will gather together His chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
32. “Now learn the parable from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
33. So also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, at the door.