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20 And be praying that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath. 21 For then[a] there will be a great affliction[b] such as has not taken place since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will take place. 22 And if those days had not been shortened[c], no[d] flesh would have been saved. But those days will be shortened for the sake of the chosen ones.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:21 Or, at that time.
  2. Matthew 24:21 Or, distress, trouble, tribulation.
  3. Matthew 24:22 Or, curtailed, cut short.
  4. Matthew 24:22 Lit, all flesh would not have. Some think all flesh means all humanity; others, all those in Judea, v 16.

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