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but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
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And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
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"When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) the `Abomination of Desolation', standing in the Holy Place" --let the reader observe those words--
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"then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills;
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let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;
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nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.
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And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!
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"But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;
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for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.
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And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
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"If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it.