Matthew 24:15-22

15Long ago, God's prophet Daniel wrote in the Bible about something that would happen. He said that one day people would put a disgusting thing that causes trouble in the temple. You will see it in the holy place. (When you read this, you must understand what it means.)

16At that time, people in Judea must run away to the hills to hide.

17A person who is on the roof of his house must not go down into his house. He must not stop to get anything from his home to take with him.

18People who are outside in their fields must not go back to their homes. They must not even go to fetch their coats.

19That will be a bad time for women who are soon to have a baby! It will also be a bad time for those women who have little babies!

20You must pray to God about this time when you have to run away quickly. Pray that this time of trouble will not happen in winter. Pray that it will not happen on your day of rest.

21Great troubles will happen to people at that time. Nothing as bad has ever happened before, since the beginning of the world. Nothing as bad will ever happen again.

22God will cause those days of great trouble to be not so many. If he did not do that, there would be nobody still alive. But God will cause those days to come to an end. He will do that to help the people that he has chosen.