15 “So when you apprentices see the irreverent object that the prophet Daniyel wrote about being placed in the holy place[ref] (anyone reading this should try to understand it), 16 those in Yehudah (Judea) should flee to the hills, 17 anyone outside on the flat roof shouldn’t go back inside to get things out of the house,[ref] 18 and anyone in the field shouldn’t go back to the house to get their coat. 19 It’ll be very difficult for pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers in those days, 20 and you should pray that your escape won’t be in winter or on a rest day. 21 This will be followed by incredible troubles like nothing that’s ever happened in this world, from creation until the present time, and which will never happen again[ref]— 22 in fact, if those days weren’t shortened, nobody would survive. However, because of the chosen people, those days will be shortened.

23 “At that time, if anyone says, ‘Look, here’s the messiah’ or ‘Here he is’, don’t believe it, 24 because false messiahs and false prophets will emerge, and they’ll do amazing miracles that would, if possible, mislead even the chosen people. 25 Listen, I’m telling you apprentices before it happens.

26 “So if they tell you apprentices, ‘Look, he’s out in the wilderness,’ don’t go out there, or if they say, ‘He’s here in these private rooms,’ don’t believe it,[ref] 27 because when the son of humanity comes, it’ll be like how the lightning goes right across the sky from one side to the other.

28 “Wherever there’s something dead, that’s where the vultures will gather.[ref]