Matthew 24:18

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

Cross References

Matthew 24:17

[Also], the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], is not to take any of the belongings from his house as he comes down [to flee].

Matthew 24:19

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

Luke 17:31

On that day, the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside], whose belongings are [still] in his house, is not to go down and [attempt to] take any of them away. And the person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work], also is not to return [to his house].