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Matthew 24:18-20
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 24:18-20
Contemporary English Version
18 If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat. 19 It will be a terrible time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children. 20 And pray that you won't have to escape in winter or on a Sabbath.[a]
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- 24.20 in winter or on a Sabbath: In Palestine the winters are cold and rainy and make travel difficult. The Jewish people were not allowed to travel much more than a kilometer on the Sabbath. For these reasons it was hard for them to escape from their enemies in the winter or on a Sabbath.
Matthew 24:18-20
New International Version
Matthew 24:18-20
New International Version
18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!(A) 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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