15 Those who are on the roof should not come down to get anything out of their houses.
16 Those who are in the field should not turn back to get their coats.
17 “How horrible it will be for the women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days.
18 Pray that it will not be in winter.
19 It will be a time of misery that has not happened from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and will certainly never happen again.
20 If the Lord does not reduce that time, no one will be saved. But those days will be reduced because of those whom God has chosen.
21 “At that time don’t believe anyone who tells you, ‘Here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There he is!’