Mark 13:17

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[It will be] too bad for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days.

Cross References

Matthew 21:16

They said to Jesus, “Do you hear what these [children] are saying [about you]?” Jesus answered them, “Yes, [I do]. Have you not read [in Psa. 8:2] ‘You have ordained that praise would come from the mouths of infants and small children?’”

Mark 13:16

The person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work] should not return [to his house] to get his coat [even].

Mark 13:18

And pray that [your flight] will not be in the winter.

Luke 21:23

It will be too bad for pregnant women and those who are nursing [babies] in those days! For there will be great distress in this land [i.e., Judea, and especially Jerusalem], and raging anger [will be shown] against these people [i.e., by the Roman armies].

Luke 23:29

For look, the time will come when people will be saying, ‘Those [women] who are without children and who have never given birth or nursed babies are [truly] happy!’