Mark 13:14-23; Luke 21:20-24

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Mark 13:14-23

14 "Now when you see the abomination that causes devastationx standing where it ought not to be" (let the reader understand the allusion), "that will be the time for those in Y'hudah to escape to the hills.
15 If someone is on the roof, he must not go down and enter his house to take any of his belongings;
16 if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.
17 What a terrible time it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
18 Pray that it may not happen in winter.
19 For there will be worse trouble at that time than there has ever been from the very beginning, when God created the universe, until now; and there will be nothing like it again.
20 Indeed, if God had not limited the duration of the trouble, no one would survive; but for the sake of the elect, those whom he has chosen, he has limited it.
21 "At that time, if anyone says to you, `Look! Here's the Messiah!' or, `See, there he is!' -- don't believe him!
22 There will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing signs and wonders for the purpose, if possible, of misleading the chosen.
23 But you, watch out! I have told you everything in advance!
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Luke 21:20-24

20 "However, when you see Yerushalayim surrounded by armies, then you are to understand that she is about to be destroyed.
21 Those in Y'hudah must escape to the hills, those inside the city must get out, and those in the country must not enter it.
22 For these are the days of vengeance, when everything that has been written in the Tanakh will come true.
23 What a terrible time it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress in the Land and judgment on the people.
24 Some will fall by the edge of the sword, others will be carried into all the countries of the Goyim, and Yerushalayim will be trampled down by the Goyim until the age of the Goyim has run its course.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.