Matthew 24:18-28

18 "Whoever is in the field must not turn back * to get his cloak.

19 "But ¹woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

20 "But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath.

21 "For then there will be a ²great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever * will.

22 "Unless those days had been cut short, no * life would have been saved; but for ³the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

23 "⁴Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him.

24 "For false Christs and ⁵false prophets will arise and will show great ⁶signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even ⁷the elect.

25 "Behold, I have told you in advance.

26 "So 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 them.

27 "⁸For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the ⁹coming of the ¹⁰Son of Man be.

28 "¹¹Wherever * the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

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