Mark 13:14-23 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Abomination of Desolation and the Tribulation

¹⁴“But ^awhen you see the ^babomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ¹⁵“^aAnd the one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; ¹⁶and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment. ¹⁷“But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸“But pray that it may not happen in the winter. ¹⁹“For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred ^asince the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. ²⁰“And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no ¹life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ²elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. ²¹“And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the ¹Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him; ²²for false christs and ^afalse prophets will arise, and will show ¹^,^bsigns and ^cwonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. ²³“But as for you, see! I have told you everything in advance.