Mark 13:17
And alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
In Context
16nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get their cloak.
18Pray, too, that this may not occur in winter.
Cross References
Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their children dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.
Luke 21:23Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.
Matthew Henry on Mark 13:15-24
The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. 14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains: 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give… Read the whole commentary →