17 It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.
18 Pray that it won't happen in winter.
19 This will be the worst time of suffering since God created the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.
20 If the Lord doesn't make the time shorter, no one will be left alive. But because of his chosen and special ones, he will make the time shorter.
21 If someone should say, “Here is the Messiah!” or “There he is!” don't believe it.
22 False messiahs and false prophets will come and work miracles and signs. They will even try to fool God's chosen ones.
23 But be on your guard! That's why I am telling you these things now.